H-3273.2
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2215
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Doglio, Ryu, Parshley, Peterson, Berry, Reed, Street, Duerr, Thomas, Ormsby, Goodman, Hill, and Pollet)
READ FIRST TIME 01/30/26.
AN ACT Relating to climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington; amending RCW 70A.65.080 , 70A.15.2200 , and 70A.65.090 ; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that the climate commitment act currently exempts from a compliance obligation fuels supplied in an amount below 25,000 metric tons of associated carbon dioxide equivalent annually. In establishing this exemption, it was never the intent of the legislature to put large fuel suppliers at a competitive disadvantage in the fuel supply marketplace relative to other fuel suppliers. However, the legislature finds that current trends in the fuel supply market indicate that the existing structure for assigning compliance obligations may establish incentives that lead to actions being taken by market participants that undercut principles of fair competition in the fuel supply market.
(2) So that the program created by this act does not create uneven economic conditions for businesses in Washington, it is the intent of the legislature that: