republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-6039.md

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Bill	Promoting the development of geothermal energy resources.	Promoting the development of geothermal energy resources.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 6039	Washington SB 6039 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Lovelett	4	38	3	2024-01-05	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8b6b0780-0fc9-414b-b6dc-77f163281ce2	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6039&year=2023	5b939aa3bf4e3c7933c4a686f3b2636bb72e8cbf8c3bcc2eb3ddf12a92d17f2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6039 (2023-2024) — Promoting the development of geothermal energy resources.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lovelett — primary (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
• 2024-01-10 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-19 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-19 ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-19 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment, Energy & Technology. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-05 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 24). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. reading-1
• 2024-02-19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-20 ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Capital Budget. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 CB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Chapter 350, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-28 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b6b0780-0fc9-414b-b6dc-77f163281ce2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).