---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws."
description: "Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2575"
citation: "Washington HB 2575 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e130024f-38dc-4c84-8d71-ceb6d9915e7f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2575&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "260dff38a314a674fc4e66e2519ed6220b96831cbb5ec0d6a3f5347dee667ed0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 2575 (2025-2026) — Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2575.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2575.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2575.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#24) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-19** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 137, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e130024f-38dc-4c84-8d71-ceb6d9915e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).