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2007 Legislative Session
PSCCC worked with legislators on
several bills in the 2007 Legislative Session. Details
on bills that passed and those that didn't can be found below.
Bills highlighted in green did pass and were signed by the
Governor. Those highlighted in red did not make it through the
process. For full details on all of these
bills, visit the Washington
State Legislature website.
Bills in
the House
Sponsors:
Representatives B. Sullivan, Linville, Morris
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would correct the
technically inaccurate definition of E85 on the state’s books.
It would allow for winter blend requirements below 85% ethanol per
the ASTM standard. The bill also extends the sunset dates for
biodiesel and ethanol tax incentives from 2009 to 2015.
Status:
This bill passed the
House on Jan. 29th (97-0 with 1 excused). The bill also
passed the Senate on Apr. 5th (46-0 w/ 3 excused).
House concurred on Senate amendments (94-0 w/ 1 excused). Speaker
of the House and President of the Senate have signed the bill, and
it has been delivered to the Governor. Governor signed the bill on
May 3rd. Effective date is July 22nd.
Sponsors:
Representatives Hudgins, Morrell, Simpson, Dickerson,
Moeller, B. Sullivan, Goodman, Morris, Dunshee, Chase, Ormsby
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. The bill attempted to remove
potential roadblocks to alt fuel sales at retail outlets by
forbidding any kind of restrictions on these sales by the
refiner-supplier.
Status:
Dead; the bill did not
make it out of the Commerce & Labor Committee by the Feb. 28th
deadline.
Sponsors:
Representatives Hudgins, B. Sullivan, Morris, Dunshee, Chase
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. The bill provides definitions of
alcohol fuel, alternative fuel, E85 motor fuel and nonhazardous
motor fuel. Similarly to 1029, this bill would correct the bad
definition of alcohol fuel and create the new, better definition
of E85. The bill’s definition of alt fuel is broad, encompassing
everything non-gasoline or diesel that is used to power a vehicle.
The floor amendments would restrict the state’s definition of
biodiesel (and eligibility for related incentives) to biodiesel
not produced from palm oil.
Status:
Dead. Passed the House on Mar. 9th 96-1 w/ 1 excused.
Sent to Senate Water, Energy & Telecom. Committee. Passed from
Committee to Rules Committee for second reading; No Senate vote.
Sponsors:
Representatives Hudgins, Dunshee, Wood, Chase
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would require state
agencies to report to the Legislature on potential refueling sites
where they could offer alt fuels (biodiesel, E85, hydrogen and
LNG) for state and public uses as well as cost and other
information.
Status:
Dead. Passed the House
on Jan. 29th (94-3 with 1 excused). Referred to the
Water, Energy & Telecommunications Committee in the Senate; no
Committee approval or Senate vote.
Sponsors:
Representatives Hudgins, Morrell, Simpson, Moeller, B. Sullivan,
Goodman, Morris, Dunshee, Chase
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. The bill was similar to HB 1053 in
that it attempted to remove potential roadblocks to alt fuel sales
at retail outlets by forbidding restrictions on these sales by the
refiner-supplier.
Status:
Dead; the bill did not
make it out of the Commerce & Labor Committee by the Feb. 28th
deadline.
Sponsors:
Representatives Dickerson, B. Sullivan, Jarrett, Linville, Priest,
Appleton, Pedersen, Kenney, Sells, Morrell, Lantz, O'Brien, Chase,
Eickmeyer, McCoy, Haigh, Rolfes, Hurst, Eddy, Springer,
Schual-Berke, Fromhold, Moeller, Hunt, Goodman, Williams,
Darneille, Kagi, Lovick, Campbell, Dunshee, Sommers, Simpson,
Hunter, Roberts, Miloscia
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This is the omnibus bill usually
referred to as the Clean Fuels/Clean Air bill. It contains a
number of provisions that, among other things, would reduce diesel
emissions, encourage cellulosic ethanol and E85 infrastructure,
examine opportunities for electrifying transportation and study
the impacts of climate change on Washington.
Status:
Passed the House on Mar.
10th 79-18 w/ 1 excused. Sent to Senate and has passed
out of two Committees. Passed to Rules for second reading. Passed
the Senate on Apr. 13th 44-4 w/ 1 excused. Apr. 17th
the House refused to concur on the Senate’s amendments and asked
the Senate to recede from amendments. Senate insisted on its
position and asked the House to concur. The House did (79-19). The
Speaker of the House and President of the Senate signed the bill
and it has been delivered to the Governor. The Governor signed the
bill on May 7th but partially vetoed it. The Governor
vetoed a section having to do with reporting on the Energy Freedom
Program to the Legislature. The Governor maintained that the
reporting requirement was redundant considering a requirement for
WSU to report to the Legislature.
Sponsors:
Representatives Dickerson, Hankins, Lovick, B. Sullivan, Simpson,
Hasegawa, Moeller
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would allow medium-speed
electric vehicles (capable of reaching 30-35 mph with a roll cage
or crush-proof design and that meet NEV requirements) to be driven
on streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less. Creates another
class of vehicles similar to NEVs, except that NEVs are defined as
able to reach speeds of 20-25 mph.
Status:
Passed the House on Mar.
7th 94-0 w/ 4 excused. Passed the Senate on Apr. 13th
47-0 w/ 2 excused. Speaker of the House and President of the
Senate have signed the bill, and it has been delivered to the
Governor. The Governor signed the bill May 15th.
Sponsors:
Representatives Eddy, Crouse
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would reduce the
allowable amount of MTBE mixed in gasoline from 0.6% to 0.15% by
volume.
Status:
Passed the House on Mar.
8th 96-0 w/ 2 excused. Passed the Senate on Apr. 13th
46-0 w/ 3 excused. Speaker of the House and President of the
Senate have signed the bill, and it has been delivered to the
Governor. Governor signed the bill on May 3rd.
Effective date is July 22nd.
Bills in
the Senate
Sponsors:
Senators Rockefeller, Poulsen, Kohl-Welles, Murray
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would change the
regulations adopted last year whereby Ecology was directed to
adopt rules for Washington to adopt California’s emission
standards. The bill would remove the reference that Washington
rules are only effective for model years for which Oregon has
adopted the California emission standards.
Status:
Dead – did not make it
out of the Senate by the deadline.
Sponsors:
Senators Holmquist, Poulsen, Rasmussen, Pflug, Oemig, Swecker,
Clements, Schoesler, Roach, Rockefeller, Kilmer
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill would require state
agencies to expedite and coordinate processing of applications and
decisions on infrastructure improvements related to implementing
the state RFS. License and permit applications, SEPA reviews and
other decisions related to these projects would take precedence
over other applications and decisions. The changes would apply to
storage tanks and pumps, increasing refining and blending
capacity; efficiency improvements for refiners, blenders or bulk
plant operators; modifying racks; adding equipment to biodiesel
storage tanks or tanks for blended fuel; and replacing storage
USTs, ASTs, pumps and bulk tanks. The requirements do not apply to
biodiesel or ethanol production facilities.
Status:
Passed the Senate on Mar. 13th 47-0 w/ 2 excused.
Passed the House on Apr. 3rd 96-0 w/ 2 excused. Senate
concurred in House amendments (46-0 w/ 3 absent). President of
Senate signed. Speaker of House signed and it has been delivered
to the Governor. Governor signed the bill on May 3rd.
Effective date is July 22nd.
Sponsors:
Senators Poulsen, Fraser, Rockefeller, Spanel, Jacobsen, Pflug,
Kline, Parlette, Oemig, Rasmussen, Shin, Kohl-Welles
Summary:
The Legislature's page for this bill is here.
Please refer to this page for complete information as only a very
brief summary is provided here. This bill seeks to coordinate
Washington with hydrogen highway efforts in British Columbia and
California, particularly around the 2010 Olympics. The bill would
designate state routes 5, 90 and 82 as “green highways” and
areas in proximity to these routes as “green highway zones.”
The bill would create a subaccount in the energy freedom account
for certain refueling projects, plug-in hybrid pilot projects,
truck stop idle reduction programs, certain demonstration projects
with a science museum and certain demonstration projects with UW
on hydrogen fueling stations. The bill would also define
alternative fuel as electricity, hydrogen, or LNG from landfill or
wastewater treatment gas.
Status:
Dead – did not make it
out of the Senate by the deadline.
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