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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills."
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description: "Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1670"
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citation: "Washington HB 1670 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-05-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c95c693-8af7-4938-be57-da94f4ecee40"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1670&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "3c0e842a3219b267881dfcc8b34ee4e42bd1b58caa7a920027d1231ebec95d9d"
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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 1670 (2025-2026) — Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1670.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1670-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1670-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hunt — primary (person)
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- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Nance — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
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- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-02-11** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-13** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-07** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-17** Chapter 315, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `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/5c95c693-8af7-4938-be57-da94f4ecee40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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