SB5728 – Reimbursing users of some fuels exempt under the cap and invest program for any additional amounts they pay because of their suppliers’ compliance obligations. (Dead.)
Prime Sponsor – Senator Dozier (R; 16th District; Walla Walla & Benton County) (Co-Sponsor Schoesler – R)
Current status – Referred to the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. Still in committee by cutoff.
Next step would be – Dead bill.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Comments –
HB1780 addresses the same issue in a somewhat broader and less tightly drafted way.

Summary –
The bill would require the state to develop a process to ensure that users of the fuels for watercraft and agriculture that are exempted from complying with the cap and invest act are compensated for any additional amounts they end up paying for those because of their suppliers’ compliance obligations. (Ecology would consult with the Department of Revenue to develop a method to determine those amounts, and would be required to reimburse users for them within two weeks after completed applications for refunds were received.)