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WA HB 1791

enacted

Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WA HB 1791 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1791 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-24): Effective date 7/27/2025*.

What is WA HB 1791 about?

WA HB 1791 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1791?

Paul is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1791, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-24 — Effective date 7/27/2025*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Paulprimary
  • Springercosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Lowcosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-24

    Effective date 7/27/2025*.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-24

    Chapter 159, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-24

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-21

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-16

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-04-04

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2025-04-03

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-04-03

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2025-04-03

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-04-03

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  15. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  16. 2025-03-10

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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  17. 2025-03-06

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-06

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2025-03-06

    1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25).

    substitution

  20. 2025-03-04

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  21. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2025-02-26

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2025-02-26

    FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  25. 2025-02-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.

  26. 2025-02-13

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.

  27. 2025-02-03

    First reading, referred to Finance.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)

    2025-03-06 · pass · 60-37

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: no
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 29-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: no
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: other
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

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