republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-6121.md

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Bill	Concerning biochar production from agricultural and forestry biomass.	Concerning biochar production from agricultural and forestry biomass.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 6121	Washington SB 6121 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Van De Wege	3	35	2	2024-01-10	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/640b200b-7889-4e5e-ad5d-aafa1e99d153	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6121&year=2023	f398dcb2da843894988bb7c889f5dafea29b5fdae5c7e267a0140ad2cf8789da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6121 (2023-2024) — Concerning biochar production from agricultural and forestry biomass.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Van De Wege — primary (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
• 2024-01-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-30 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-30 ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-30 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-31 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; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-09 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 24). substitution
• 2024-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-15 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. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-04 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Chapter 280, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-26 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/640b200b-7889-4e5e-ad5d-aafa1e99d153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).