Watch Sen. Reuven Carlyle’s remarks on Thursday as chair of the Senate Energy, Environment & Technology Committee ahead of its vote on Thursday on Senate Bill 6203, Gov. Jay Inslee’s carbon tax proposal.
“The global trend around the world is for a modest, thoughtful carbon pricing effort that invests in energy,” Carlyle said. “How we invest matters…. The fundamental value of considering legislation in the Legislature in your representative democracy is to attempt to customize, in a thoughtful and responsible way, very complex and important policies.”
The bill would tax the sale or use of fossil fuels, and the sale or use of electricity generated from them.
The Committee passed the bill Thursday evening. It will now move to the Senate Ways & Means Committee for further consideration before it can go before the full Senate for a vote.
