Key Votes
HB 2815 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Key Vote
Washington Key Votes
Mary Helen Roberts voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 13, 2008 Executive Signed
- March 5, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 19, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 16, 2008 Introduced
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Issues
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 13, 2008
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (29-19) - March 5, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Vote to pass a bill that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions and creates goals to increase the number of clean-energy jobs.
- - Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in the state to 1990 levels by 2020
- Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2035
- Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050
- - Any owner or operator of a fleet of on-road motor vehicles that emit at least 2,500 metric tons of greenhouse gases in the state annually
- Any owner of a source that emits at least 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas in the state annually
- - Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 18 percent by 2020
- Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 30 percent by 2035
- Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 50 percent by 2050
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (64-31) - Feb. 19, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Vote to pass a bill that sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions and creates goals to increase the number of clean-energy jobs.
- - Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in the state to 1990 levels by 2020
- Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2035
- Reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050
- - Any owner or operator of a fleet of on-road motor vehicles that emit at least 2,500 metric tons of greenhouse gases in the state annually
- Any owner of a source that emits at least 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas in the state annually
- - Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 18 percent by 2020
- Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 30 percent by 2035
- Decrease the annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 50 percent by 2050
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 16, 2008
Title: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sponsors
- Sherry V. Appleton (WA - D)
- Eileen L. Cody (WA - D)
- Steve E. Conway (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeannie L. Darneille (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary Lou Dickerson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hans M. Dunshee (WA - D)
- Mark Ericks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Fromhold (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Roger E. Goodman (WA - D)
- Tami Green (WA - D)
- Zachary 'Zack' Hudgins (WA - D)
- Samuel W. 'Sam' Hunt (WA - D)
- Christopher Hurst (WA - D)
- Fred Jarrett (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patricia T. Lantz (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kelli Linville (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. McCoy (WA - D)
- James 'Jim' McIntire (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Miloscia (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dawn Morrell (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sharon Nelson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timm Ormsby (WA - D)
- Jamie Pedersen (WA - D)
- Eric Pettigrew (WA - D)
- Skip Priest (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dave Quall (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Shay Schual-Berke (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Sells (WA - D)
- Geoff Simpson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Pat Sullivan (WA - D)
- Dave Upthegrove (WA - D)
- Kevin Van De Wege (WA - D)
- Brendan W. Williams (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
