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Votes at a glance: committee marks up several environmental, waste and energy bills
Summary
In executive session the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee recommended several bills for further action: Second Substitute HB 1154 (solid waste oversight) received a due-pass to Ways & Means after proposed amendments failed; Second Substitute HB 1462 (HFCs and organics) and Second Substitute HB 1497 (organic materials) also received due-pass recommendations; Engrossed HB 1329 was recommended to Rules.
The Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee conducted executive session action on multiple bills. The committee recorded voice votes and took the following actions (voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript):
Second Substitute House Bill 1154 (Solid waste handling facilities; oversight and enforcement) - Amendment A (striking amendment) offered by Senator Behnke: failed (voice vote). Senator Behnke moved adoption of the amendment; proponents and opponents debated limits on Ecology’s enforcement authority for landfills. - Amendment B (striking amendment) offered by Senator Short: failed (voice vote). The amendment would have limited Ecology’s enforcement authority in certain circumstances; committee discussion included concerns about local control and the need for a state backstop. - Final action: The committee moved that Second Substitute House Bill 1154 receive a due-pass recommendation to the Ways & Means Committee. Outcome: due pass recommendation sent to Ways & Means (passed subject to signatures). Vote: voice vote; no recorded roll call.
Second Substitute House Bill 1462 (HFCs / organic materials / food waste and procurement) - Amendment C (offered by Senator Behnke), which would exempt certain refrigerants for potato and onion storage, was offered and discussed; amendment failed (voice vote). - Final action: The committee moved the bill receive a due-pass recommendation to the Ways & Means Committee. Outcome: due pass recommendation sent to Ways & Means (passed subject to signatures). Vote: voice vote; no recorded roll call.
Second Substitute House Bill 1497 (organic materials collection, composting and related procurement) - Amendment D (offered by Senator Shoemake) was adopted (voice vote). The amendment added exemptions for on-site composting and required Ecology guidance for exemptions and fee rules. - Final action: The amendment was rolled into a striking amendment and the committee moved the bill receive a due-pass recommendation to the Ways & Means Committee. Outcome: due pass recommendation sent to Ways & Means (passed subject to signatures). Vote: voice vote; no recorded roll call.
Engrossed House Bill 1329 (wholesale power purchases under the Clean Energy Transformation Act) - Final action: The committee moved the engrossed bill receive a due-pass recommendation to the Rules Committee. Outcome: due pass recommendation sent to Rules (passed subject to signatures). Vote: voice vote; no recorded roll call.
Details and notes - Most votes were taken by voice in executive session and recorded in the transcript as “aye” or “nay”; the transcript did not include a roll-call vote tally by member names. - Where amendments were offered and failed, committee members discussed the balance between local jurisdictional authority and the need for state enforcement backstops. In the case of HB 1154, proponents of preservation of Ecology enforcement authority described recent incidents they said justified a statewide backstop; opponents urged caution to preserve local decision making.
Ending: Each bill that received a due-pass recommendation was reported as passed by the committee “subject to signatures” and will move forward to the next committee or to the Rules calendar as recorded in the transcript. No roll-call tallies were provided in the committee record available in the transcript.
