republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-5223.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning net metering.	Concerning net metering.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 5223	Washington SB 5223 (2019-2020)	bill	COMMERCE DEPARTMENT UTILITIES STUDIES ENERGY BUILDING CODE COUNCIL	enacted	Palumbo	4	57	4	2019-01-16	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/5ffcd80f-133c-4d81-8724-25870592c28e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5223&year=2019	59dcd11a4a7ddcd165efce86c494fdfbc0ec6813d14edb9f0c2ae2bea0435af0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5223 (2019-2020) — Concerning net metering.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• 636 DeBolt Pg 2 Ln 27 (#31) — 42–53 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — 29–19 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — 55–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Palumbo — primary (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
• 2019-01-24 ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-01-24 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-01-24 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-01-25 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2019-02-18 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-18 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-02-18 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-02-26 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2019-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-01-24 ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-01-24 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-01-24 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-01-25 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2019-02-18 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-18 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-02-18 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-02-26 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2019-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-02-18 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-18 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-02-18 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-02-26 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2019-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-03-04 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2019-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2019-03-06 First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. reading-1
• 2019-03-26 ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2019-03-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-01 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-12 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2019-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2019-04-22 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2019-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2019-04-24 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-25 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-04-30 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Chapter 235, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-04-30 Effective date 7/28/2019. became-law
• 2019-01-16T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
• 2019-01-24T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
• 2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
• 2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
• 2019-03-14T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
• 2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ffcd80f-133c-4d81-8724-25870592c28e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).