# Buy Clean and Buy Fair Washington **URL:** \ **Category:** Policy\ **Created:** [February 21, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141 "2020-02-21T01:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clf-admin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/clf-admin/32/370_2.png) [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141/1 "2020-02-21T01:57:07Z")
[Buy Clean and Buy Fair Washington Act (HB 2744)](https://crm.carbonleadershipforum.info/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=293&qid=24257) - This bill was officially introduced with five sponsors: Representatives Beth Doglio, Davina Duerr, Lauren Davis, Joe Fitzgibbon, and Alex Ramel. [https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2744&Year=2019&Initiative=False](https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2744&Year=2019&Initiative=False) ---
**Author:** ![ryanzizzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/ryanzizzo/32/2343_2.png) [@ryanzizzo](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ryanzizzo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141/2 "2020-02-21T13:43:35Z")
Thanks for sharing! FYI: ‘Eligible Materials’ are listed on page 3 of the bill (Section 2.3): “Eligible materials” includes any of the following: 33 (a) Concrete including, but not limited to, cast in place that is 34 used as a structural material, shotcrete, and precast; 35 (b) Carbon steel rebar; 36 © Steel that is used as a structural material; 37 (d) Unit masonry that is used as a structural material; 38 (e) Wood of any type including, but not limited to, wood 39 composites and wood laminated products; and 1 (f) Gauge metal products for roof and floor decking, wall studs, and floor system studs. ---
**Author:** ![ryanzizzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/ryanzizzo/32/2343_2.png) [@ryanzizzo](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ryanzizzo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141/3 "2020-02-21T13:46:29Z")
Also, the bill notes that as of July 2023: (a) Must award the contract to the bid that uses the lower carbon 2 eligible material for projects with bid prices lower than the 3 engineer’s estimate; 4 (b) Must consider awarding a contract to a bid that uses the 5 lower carbon eligible material if the bid is no greater than fifteen 6 percent above the lowest bid for the eligible project; and 7 © May award a contract to a bid that uses the lower carbon 8 eligible material if the bid is greater than fifteen percent above the lowest bid for the eligible project. ---
**Author:** ![ksimonen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/ksimonen/32/97_2.png) [@ksimonen](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ksimonen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141/4 "2020-02-23T21:48:57Z")
The Buy Clean Buy Fair bill passed out of the Washington House policy committee but didn’t pass out of the House Appropriations committee. See below for a summary from AIA Seattle. ![AIA Seattle Buy Clean Buy Fair summary](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/carbonleadershipforum/original/1X/62ce73005086510e02a5616188b2fe0643333bb3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![clf-admin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/clf-admin/32/370_2.png) [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/buy-clean-and-buy-fair-washington/141/5 "2020-02-24T01:24:53Z")
Below is a OneBox I created by simply pasting the url into the edit box for this reply: [https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2744&Year=2019](https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2744&Year=2019)