republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1691.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning financial responsibility requirements related to oil spills."
description: "Concerning financial responsibility requirements related to oil spills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1691"
citation: "Washington HB 1691 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "OIL AND GAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed22bb72-3e8f-463d-89ec-eecc46fe9d2e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1691&year=2021"
source_hash: "a801cc12b52270a571e23fdd68c2eb76f4ec10acda632649309a16bef7d0c4b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1691 (2021-2022) — Concerning financial responsibility requirements related to oil spills.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1691.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1691-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1691-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1691-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 84; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 202, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-31T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-22T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-24T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed22bb72-3e8f-463d-89ec-eecc46fe9d2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).