Notice of Committee Passage of Senate Bill 5697

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SB 5697, titled AN ACT Relating to the sale and installation of solid fuel burning devices, has been passed by the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Section 3(2): The solid fuel burning device retail fee is collected by the Department of Revenue into the Woodstove Education and Enforcement Account. There would be no cash receipts impact to Ecology.

The following legislators voted do pass:

Senator John McCoy
Democrat
(360) 786-7674
John.McCoy@leg.wa.gov

Senator Marko Liias
Democrat
(360) 786-7640
Marko.Liias@leg.wa.gov

Senator Reuven Carlyle
Democrat
(360) 786-7670
Reuven.Carlyle@leg.wa.gov

Senator Andy Billig
Democrat
(360) 786-7604
Andy.Billig@leg.wa.gov

Senator Lisa Wellman
Democrat
(360) 786-7641
Lisa.Wellman@leg.wa.gov

Senator Guy Palumbo
Democrat
(360) 786-7600
Guy.Palumbo@leg.wa.gov

Senator Mona Das
Democrat
(360) 786-7692
DAS_MO@leg.wa.gov

Senator Joe Nguyen
Democrat
(360) 786-7667
NGUYEN_JO@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Senator Tim Sheldon
Democrat
(360) 786-7668
Timothy.Sheldon@leg.wa.gov

Senator Doug Ericksen
Republican
(360) 786-7682
Doug.Ericksen@leg.wa.gov

Senator Phil Fortunato
Republican
(360) 786-7660
phil.fortunato@leg.wa.gov

Senator Shelly Short
Republican
(360) 786-7612
Shelly.Short@leg.wa.gov

Senator Ann Rivers
Republican
(360) 786-7634
Ann.Rivers@leg.wa.gov

Senator Sharon Brown
Republican
(360) 786-7614
Sharon.Brown@leg.wa.gov


Not voting:

Senator Brad Hawkins
Republican
(360) 786-7622
Brad.Hawkins@leg.wa.gov

Senator Steve Hobbs
Democrat
(360) 786-7686
Steve.Hobbs@leg.wa.gov



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