H-3268.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2251
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Parshley, and Thomas)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.
AN ACT Relating to climate commitment act accounts; amending RCW 70A.65.100 , 70A.65.230 , 70A.65.280 , 70A.65.300 , 70A.65.040 , 70A.65.060 , 70A.65.200 , 70A.65.305 , 76.04.196 , and 76.13.120 ; reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.300 and 70A.65.030 ; adding new sections to chapter 70A.65 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 70A.65.250 , 70A.65.260 , and 70A.65.270 ; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70A.65 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The climate commitment act operating account is created in the state treasury. Receipts from the auction of allowances authorized in this chapter must be deposited into the account as provided in RCW 70A.65.100 . Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The legislature intends expenditures from the account to supplement, not supplant, existing expenditures for similar purposes. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the following purposes: