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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program."
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description: "Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program."
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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 1903"
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citation: "Washington HB 1903 (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: ["Mena"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-07"
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last_action: "2026-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dc82419-bfd4-4135-ad45-2e1b96092cdd"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1903&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "7efeada612d09318cc114547daf0660bd0067a4fa6e070ae437123e9a9056b10"
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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 1903 (2025-2026) — Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.
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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/1903.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1903-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **60–33** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mena — primary (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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- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-20** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-24** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-30** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2026-03-30** Chapter 252, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-30** Effective date 6/11/2026. `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/5dc82419-bfd4-4135-ad45-2e1b96092cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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