SHB 2156: Providing solar consumer protections.
Signed into law: Chapter 349, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Reeves
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 349 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 28, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:02 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires a person to be licensed as an electrical contractor to sell or install solar energy systems that cost more than $1,000. Requires a person selling or installing solar energy systems that cost more than $1,000 to have a solar energy installation contract with the customer. Provides for various provisions, notices, and disclosures that must be included in the installation contract. Provides for enforcement under the Consumer Protection Act.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 202496 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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