House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SHB 1302 — Concerning utility connection charge waivers.
Signed into law — Chapter 127, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Cortes
- Introduced
- January 30, 2025
- Status
- C 127 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 23, 2026)
What this bill does
Authorizes municipalities to adopt programs to waive utility connection charges for properties owned by organizations that utilize the property for industrial symbiosis.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 202593 yea · 1 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 15, 202676 yea · 21 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202647 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
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