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2021 House Bill 1050: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fluorinated gases
Introduced by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (West Seattle) (D) on January 11, 2021
Referred to the House Environment & Energy Committee on January 11, 2021
Substitute offered in the House on January 26, 2021
Authorizes the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to establish a maximum global warming potential (GWP) threshold for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in new stationary air conditioning and stationary refrigeration, and directs Ecology to establish a GWP threshold for new ice rinks.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 28, 2021
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 17, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (West Seattle) (D) on February 23, 2021
Encourages electric utility conservation programs to promote the adoption of air conditioning, including chillers and heat pumps, with refrigerants with a global warming potential of less than 750, and the replacement of stationary refrigeration systems with ozone-depleting substances or hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants with a high global warming potential. Specifies that these encouraged actions are in addition to existing requirements that electric utility conservation policies, programs, and targets incorporate the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions as a cost adder.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 23, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Drew MacEwen (Union) (R) on February 23, 2021
Adds language to the intent section related to the use
of climate-friendly refrigerants in ice rinks.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 23, 2021
Received in the Senate on February 25, 2021
Referred to the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee on February 25, 2021
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 23, 2021
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 2, 2021
Received in the House on April 12, 2021
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 17, 2021