SB5362 – Advancing the due date for the Department of Ecology’s report on the effects of the Clean Fuels program. (Dead.)
Prime Sponsor – Senator MacEwen (R; 35th District; Mason County) (Co-sponsors Dozier, Short, Torres, and Lynda Wilson – Rs)
Current status – Had a hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology on February 3rd. Still in committee by cutoff.
Next step would be – Dead bill.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Comments –
Given the emphasis in the bill’s findings on the increases in gas prices that might result from the program over its lifetime, it’s hard to resist the thought that its primary motivation might be the hope that an earlier report will be useful during the campaigns for the Fall 2024 elections.

Summary –
The bill would advance the date for the first report from Ecology on the activities of the Clean Fuels program, from May 1st 2025 to February 1st 2024. (An annual report would still be due in each subsequent year, but now in February rather than May.)