WA HB 2140
died on adjournmentExempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WA HB 2140 pass?
No. WA HB 2140 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
What is WA HB 2140 about?
WA HB 2140 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2140?
Low is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2140, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Lowprimary
- Rulecosponsor
- Barnardcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-15
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-03
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-06
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-17
1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 26).
substitution
2026-02-17
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-17
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-19
First reading, referred to Local Government.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-23
LGV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-10
Senate Rules "X" file.
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)
2026-02-17 · pass · 97-0
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: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: 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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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