HB 1018 — Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.

What this bill does

Allows fusion energy facilities to use the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) certification process. Specifies that the type of nuclear power facilities that must use the EFSEC certification process are fission nuclear power facilities.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 2025
  95 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 2025
  94 yea · 1 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 26, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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