Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant.

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S-3885.1

SENATE BILL 6172

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senators Liias, Hunt, Lovelett, Stanford, Chapman, Salomon, Bateman, Frame, Nobles, Pedersen, and Saldaña

Read first time 01/15/26. Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology.

AN ACT Relating to eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant; amending RCW 70A.65.080 and 80.80.110 ; repealing RCW 82.08.811 and 82.12.811 ; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 70A.65.080 and 2025 c 282 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A person is a covered entity as of the beginning of the first compliance period and all subsequent compliance periods if the person reported emissions under RCW 70A.15.2200 for any calendar year from 2015 through 2019, or if additional data provided as required by this chapter indicates that emissions for any calendar year from 2015 through 2019 equaled or exceeded any of the following thresholds, or if the person is a first jurisdictional deliverer and imports electricity into the state during the compliance period:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

22.1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum +2 59/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 226 days quiet

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