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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ensuring that methods for calculating the electric load of utilities under the energy independence act do not have the effect of discouraging voluntary investments in renewable power."
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description: "Ensuring that methods for calculating the electric load of utilities under the energy independence act do not have the effect of discouraging voluntary investments in renewable power."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1948"
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citation: "Washington HB 1948 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ybarra"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-14"
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last_action: "2024-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1e7ba2-6006-43fc-a094-dcd5a0d52f4f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1948&year=2023"
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source_hash: "c21a1757c33bd7781ada5a12b891aa42b8233336abe699e0a28108f4d52c3bb3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1948 (2023-2024) — Ensuring that methods for calculating the electric load of utilities under the energy independence act do not have the effect of discouraging voluntary investments in renewable power.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1948.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1948.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ybarra — primary (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Graham — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-08** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-01-15** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
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- **2024-01-16** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Chapter 278, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc1e7ba2-6006-43fc-a094-dcd5a0d52f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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