Notice of Committee Passage for Second Substitute House Bill 1091

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2SHB 1091, titled AN ACT Relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel, has been passed by the House Committee on Transportation. 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:

Fiscal Year		Clean Fuels Program Fee
2022		$0
2023		367,578
2024		851,675
2025		923,716
2026		851,675
2027		923,716
2028		851,675
2029		923,716
2030		851,675
2031		923,716
Total:		$ 7,469,142

Department of Ecology:

Section 12 would authorize Ecology to require a fee from persons that register or report under the provisions of this chapter. Ecology would adopt rules following an opportunity for public comment that would determine the payment schedule and fee amount. The fee amount would be required to be set so that receipts equal but do not exceed the projected direct and indirect costs for Ecology’s and Commerce’s development and implementation of the program.  

Ecology would be required to establish rules by January 1, 2023, under section 3. Ecology assumes the fee authorized in section 12 would start on this date.  Based on the start date for fee implementation, Ecology estimates that the latter 6 months of FY 2023 expenditures for the Clean Fuels program would be fee-recoverable, and all future expenditures would be funded through fee revenue in the Clean Fuels Program Account.  

Per section 12, the fee amount would be set so that receipts equal but do not exceed projected direct and indirect costs for Ecology's and Commerce’s development and implementation of the program. Cash receipts are estimated to equal expenditure estimates in the new Clean Fuels Program Account beginning January 1, 2023. 

Individual fee levels and the number of fee payers is indeterminate at this time. Rulemaking and stakeholder feedback will determine which entities will be required to pay a fee and what portion of the program should be supported by each class of participant. 

All fee receipts would be deposited in the Clean Fuels Program Account created in section 12.

Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

Department of Ecology
Department of Commerce

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative John Lovick
Democrat
(253) 275-1405
john.lovick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Debra Entenman
Democrat
(253) 330-5504
ENTENMAN_DE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Marcus Riccelli
Democrat
(509) 866-4954
marcus.riccelli@leg.wa.gov

Representative Sharon Wylie
Democrat
(360) 786-7924
Sharon.Wylie@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jake Fey
Democrat
(206) 653-9974
jake.fey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Emily Wicks
Democrat
(425) 903-8186
WICKS_EM@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Chapman
Democrat
(564) 888-2321
mike.chapman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Vandana Slatter
Democrat
(425) 458-7240
vandana.slatter@leg.wa.gov

Representative Javier Valdez
Democrat
(206) 905-8739
javier.valdez@leg.wa.gov

Representative Bill Ramos
Democrat
(425) 654-4402
RAMOS_BI@leg.wa.gov

Representative Dave Paul
Democrat
(360) 553-4226
PAUL_DA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Davina Duerr
Democrat
(425) 318-1303
DUERR_DA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Alex Ramel
Democrat
(360) 786-7970
alex.ramel@leg.wa.gov

Representative David Hackney
Democrat
(206) 490-0914
David.Hackney@leg.wa.gov

Representative Dan Bronoske
Democrat
(360) 786-7958
Dan.Bronoske@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jamila Taylor
Democrat
(360) 868-6290
Jamila.Taylor@leg.wa.gov

Representative Liz Berry
Democrat
(206) 709-5260
Liz.Berry@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted to refer the bill without recommendation:

Representative Jim Walsh
Republican
(360) 485-0547
jim.walsh@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Representative Eric Robertson
Republican
(360) 786-7866
Eric.Robertson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Ed Orcutt
Republican
(360) 786-7990
Ed.Orcutt@leg.wa.gov

Representative Bob McCaslin
Republican
(360) 786-7820
Bob.McCaslin@leg.wa.gov

Representative Dan Griffey
Republican
(360) 786-7966
Dan.Griffey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tom Dent
Republican
(509) 941-2346
tom.dent@leg.wa.gov

Representative Andrew Barkis
Republican
(360) 584-9846
andrew.barkis@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Volz
Republican
(509) 456-2750
mike.volz@leg.wa.gov

Representative Carolyn Eslick
Republican
(360) 786-7816
ESLICK_CA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Keith Goehner
Republican
(360) 786-7954
GOEHNER_KE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Robert Sutherland
Republican
(425) 341-4816
SUTHERLA_RO@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mark Klicker
Republican
(360) 786-7836
Mark.Klicker@leg.wa.gov



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