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WA HB 2020

enacted

Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2020 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2020 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA HB 2020 about?

WA HB 2020 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2020?

Berg is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2020, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bergprimary
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Gregersoncosponsor
  • Fitzgibboncosponsor
  • Orcuttcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-24

    First reading, referred to Finance.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.

  3. 2025-03-27

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-03-27

    FIN - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-03-31

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  7. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  8. 2025-04-08

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

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-04-14

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

    reading-2

  11. 2025-04-17

    1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  12. 2025-04-17

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  13. 2025-04-17

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 5.

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  14. 2025-04-17

    Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.

  15. 2025-04-17

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  16. 2025-04-18

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2025-04-25

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

  18. 2025-04-25

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2025-04-25

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  20. 2025-04-25

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  21. 2025-04-26

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  22. 2025-04-26

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  23. 2025-04-27

    Speaker signed.

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  24. 2025-04-27

    President signed.

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  25. 2025-04-27

    Delivered to Governor.

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  26. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

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  27. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 401, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  28. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 1/1/2026.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 92-1

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

  • Final Passage on Reconsideration (#8)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 91-4

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

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2025-04-26 · pass · 47-0

    Member-level votes (48)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: other
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2020&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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