BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 6172: Coal-fired electric plant

Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant.

Summary

Exempts, from the Cap-and-Invest Program, emissions from a coal-fired electric generating facility subject to a memorandum of agreement (coal facility) occurring before January 1, 2026, rather than all emissions from the coal facility.
Expires the limitation on state agencies or political subdivisions imposing additional emission performance standards and certain other standards on a coal facility as of December 31, 2025.
Repeals the sales and use tax exemptions applying to coal purchased or used to generate electricity at a coal facility.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6172), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant;

No recorded floor votes.

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

SB 6172 (2023–24) Birth doulas · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6172 (2019–20) BPA ratepayer assist/B&O tax · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6172 (2017–18) Private label marijuana · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6172 (2015–16) Clean water act/prelim certs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6172 (2013–14) Unmanned aerial vehicles · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6172 (2011–12) Franchise investments · Enacted · Chapter 121, Laws of 2012
SB 6172 (2009–10) Oil spill advisory council · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6172 (2007–08) Offender recidivism · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor