Notice of Committee Passage for Third Substitute House Bill 1091 - Update: 10 Year Analysis Complete

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3SHB 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 Appropriations. 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		$
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 Eileen Cody
Democrat
(564) 888-2493
eileen.cody@leg.wa.gov

Representative Frank Chopp
Democrat
(206) 905-6681
frank.chopp@leg.wa.gov

Representative Timm Ormsby
Democrat
(360) 786-7946
timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Fitzgibbon
Democrat
(564) 888-2362
joe.fitzgibbon@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
(206) 307-0769
cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative Steve Tharinger
Democrat
(564) 888-2366
steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew Hansen
Democrat
(206) 333-2975
drew.hansen@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gerry Pollet
Democrat
(206) 307-0409
gerry.pollet@leg.wa.gov

Representative Steve Bergquist
Democrat
(253) 214-3275
steve.bergquist@leg.wa.gov

Representative Monica Jurado Stonier
Democrat
(360) 786-7872
monica.stonier@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tana Senn
Democrat
(360) 786-7894
tana.senn@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mia Gregerson
Democrat
(253) 981-6278
mia.gregerson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Noel Frame
Democrat
(206) 962-5098
noel.frame@leg.wa.gov

Representative Laurie Dolan
Democrat
(360) 786-7940
Laurie.Dolan@leg.wa.gov

Representative Nicole Macri
Democrat
(206) 333-4228
nicole.macri@leg.wa.gov

Representative Debra Lekanoff
Democrat
(360) 419-5266
LEKANOFF_DE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jesse Johnson
Democrat
(206) 333-2989
JOHNSON_JE@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted to refer the bill without recommendation:

Representative Pat Sullivan
Democrat
(360) 786-7858
Pat.Sullivan@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Representative Bruce Chandler
Republican
(360) 786-7960
Bruce.Chandler@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Springer
Democrat
(425) 947-8921
larry.springer@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Steele
Republican
(509) 782-3436
mike.steele@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Schmick
Republican
(253) 275-1425
joe.schmick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Paul Harris
Republican
(360) 786-7976
Paul.Harris@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew MacEwen
Republican
(360) 786-7902
drew.macewen@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew Stokesbary
Republican
(253) 245-1963
drew.stokesbary@leg.wa.gov

Representative Michelle Caldier
Republican
(360) 786-7802
Michelle.Caldier@leg.wa.gov

Representative Skyler Rude
Republican
(509) 593-4559
RUDE_SK@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mary Dye
Republican
(564) 888-2380
mary.dye@leg.wa.gov

Representative Matt Boehnke
Republican
(509) 315-2315
BOEHNKE_MA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Chris Corry
Republican
(509) 571-1048
CORRY_CH@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Hoff
Republican
(360) 786-7812
HOFF_LA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kelly Chambers
Republican
(360) 786-7948
CHAMBERS_KE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cyndy Jacobsen
Republican
(253) 449-8545
Cyndy.Jacobsen@leg.wa.gov



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