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type: "Bill"
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title: "Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience."
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description: "Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience."
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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: "SB 5445"
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citation: "Washington SB 5445 (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: ["Boehnke"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ab9a19-e63d-40e0-9bd4-707ab0c9fbd8"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5445&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "fce22d545399f020d7b46a1a66d1a7f502c55b55449d2b980034409ad7176963"
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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 SB 5445 (2025-2026) — Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience.
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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/Senate%20Bills/5445.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5445-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5445-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5445-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Boehnke — primary (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Chapter 265, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/50ab9a19-e63d-40e0-9bd4-707ab0c9fbd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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