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WashingtonHB 15432025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.

Sponsored By: Beth Doglio (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More building owners qualify for early payments

Early-compliance payments now cover qualifying tier 1 buildings, not just tier 1 commercial buildings. Owners can receive a one-time payment of $0.85 per eligible square foot; parking, unconditioned, and semiconditioned spaces do not count. Baseline energy use intensity must exceed the target by at least 15 units, and owners must show early compliance. At least one serving electricity, gas, or thermal energy provider must help administer payments, which depend on available funds and statutory limits. Application windows start July 1, 2021, and end June 1, 2025, for buildings over 220,000 square feet; June 1, 2026, for buildings over 90,000 through 220,000; and June 1, 2027, for buildings over 50,000 through 90,000.

Cooperating tenants cannot be charged building penalties

Building owners cannot pass clean-building noncompliance penalties on to tenants who cooperate with compliance work. This protection also covers tier 2 energy management and energy-use reporting penalties. Tenants must provide access to utility-use data and building spaces and respond to the owner’s compliance needs. The clean-building penalty protection takes effect July 27, 2025.

Building owners can request two-year extensions

Beginning July 27, 2025, covered building owners can request more time to meet their compliance deadline. Requests must arrive between six months before and six months after that deadline. Commerce can approve extensions for qualifying conditions, including circumstances beyond the owner’s control. An approved extension runs two years beyond the original compliance date. Owners can then seek renewal or apply for an exemption.

Compliance hardship relief for schools and hospitals

Beginning July 27, 2025, Commerce can exempt covered K–12 school buildings facing qualifying construction or improvement hardships. These include a failed bond or levy, limited district debt capacity, or active correction of a state board of health violation. A public hospital can also qualify when its public hospital district lacks debt capacity to cover compliance costs.

More exemption options for covered buildings

Beginning July 27, 2025, a covered building can qualify for an exemption when qualifying conditions affect more than 50% of its floor area. Commerce sets rules for combining partial exemptions to meet that threshold. Commerce can also approve exemptions before the reporting date for historic-integrity concerns, national-security concerns, or other conditions set by rule. Significant post-pandemic assessed-value losses that prevent borrowing against building equity also qualify for consideration. These special exemptions can still leave energy-use tracking, maintenance programs, or energy-plan reporting duties in place.

More ways for buildings to meet targets

Beginning July 27, 2025, Commerce can allow covered buildings to meet approved alternative energy-use or greenhouse-gas targets. These measures must appear in Standard 100-2018 or a later version. Targets must cover at least two climate zones and reflect energy use in a normal weather year. When setting tier 2 performance targets, Commerce must also consider the building’s age.

Owners gain energy data without tenant consent

Beginning July 27, 2025, electric and gas utilities must provide aggregated monthly energy-use data when a covered building owner requests it. Tenant consent is not required. The law removes the prior requirement that a building have at least three tenants. Owners gain access to data for energy-use reporting, while tenants in smaller buildings lose the prior consent requirement.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Beth Doglio

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Alex Ramel

    Democratic • House

  • Cindy Ryu

    Democratic • House

  • Davina Duerr

    Democratic • House

  • Julia Reed

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Parshley

    Democratic • House

  • Liz Berry

    Democratic • House

  • Timm Ormsby

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 239 • No: 2

House vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 94 • No: 2 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 4/9/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 49 • No: 0

House vote • 2/20/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 96 • No: 0 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    5/13/2025House

  2. Chapter 264, 2025 Laws.

    5/13/2025House

  3. Governor signed.

    5/13/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/25/2025legislature

  5. President signed.

    4/24/2025legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    4/23/2025legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    4/22/2025House

  8. House concurred in Senate amendments.

    4/22/2025House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    4/9/2025House

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/9/2025House

  11. Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

    4/9/2025House

  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    4/4/2025House

  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    3/31/2025House

  14. ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    3/28/2025House

  15. First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

    2/21/2025House

  16. Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    2/20/2025House

  17. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/20/2025House

  18. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    2/20/2025House

  19. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/18/2025House

  20. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/10/2025House

  21. ENVI - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/6/2025House

  22. ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/6/2025House

  23. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

    1/23/2025House

  24. Introduced

    1/23/2025House

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