BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5659: Gas companies/renewable res.

Incentivizing gas companies to develop and acquire renewable energy resources.

Summary

Creates a sales and use tax exemption for machinery and equipment used to generate renewable natural gas (RNG) and to connect a RNG facility to an end user or existing pipelines.
Authorizes gas companies to construct and maintain facilities and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to recover these investments in their rates.
Removes the restriction on the amount that a natural gas company may charge customers for a RNG program.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5659), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to incentivizing gas companies to develop and acquire renewable energy resources;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5659 (2025–26) Housing shortage/local share · Did not pass · died in committee
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SB 5659 (2019–20) Pharmaceutical ads/B&O tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5659 (2017–18) Hospital district EMTs/LEOFF · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5659 (2015–16) Litter tax revenues · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5659 (2013–14) Assault in the third degree · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5659 (2011–12) Title and registration · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5659 (2009–10) Mortgage brokr practices act · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House