Bill George Ramos (born April 6, 1956) is a Democratic member of the Washington Legislature representing the State's 5th House district for position 1. Ramos has held office since 2019 after being elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020.
Ramos won election to the State House on November 6, 2018 from the platform of the Democratic Party. He secured fifty-two percent of the vote while his closest rival Republican Chad Magendanz secured forty-eight percent.[2]
Ramos won re-election to the State House on November 3, 2020.[3]
After Mark Mullet's announcement that he was running for governor, Ramos announced that he would seek Mullet's Senate seat.[4]
Ramos voted in favor of HB 1589,[5] which is described as supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future:[6]
Prohibits any large gas company that serves more than 500,000 retail natural gas customers in Washington as of June 30, 2023, from furnishing or supplying gas service, instrumentalities, and facilities to any commercial or residential location that did not receive gas service or have filed applications for gas service as of June 30, 2023.
Requires a large gas company to file a gas decarbonization plan and an electrification plan with the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) as part of any multi-year rate plan filed on or after January 1, 2026.
Requires the UTC to establish a target for a gas decarbonization plan and a cost target for an electrification plan, each of which must be 2.5 percent of the gas revenue requirement and electric revenue requirement, respectively, approved by the UTC for each year of the multiyear rate plan.
Requires that 60 percent of the total capacity and energy needed for a combination utility to meet the requirements of the Clean Energy Transformation Act must be supplied from resources owned and operated by the combination utility or an affiliate of the combination utility.
Directs the UTC to adopt a merger of the rate bases supporting gas and electric operations of a combination utility into a single rate base if the ratio of the rate base for gas operations to the combined rate base of gas and electric operations is less than or equal to 0.2.
Establishes labor requirements for any project in a gas decarbonization plan or electrification plan with a cost of more than $1 million.
Encourages a variety of types of electric utilities to work with large gas companies providing gas service within the service areas of the electric utilities to identify opportunities for electrification and the provision of peaking service by the large gas companies.
Ramos voted in favor of and sponsored HB 1054,[7] which is described as establishing requirements for tactics and equipment used by peace officers:[8]
Prohibits peace officers from using chokeholds and neck restraints.
Prohibits peace officers from using unleashed police dogs to arrest or apprehend persons.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from acquiring or using tear gas and certain types of military equipment.
Prohibits uniformed peace officers from intentionally covering, concealing, or obscuring the number or other identifying information on their badges.
Prohibits a peace officer from seeking, and a court from issuing, a search or arrest warrant granting an express exception to the "knock and announce" rule.
