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WA HB 2655

died on adjournment

Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2655 pass?

No. WA HB 2655 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 (2026-02-06): Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.

What is WA HB 2655 about?

WA HB 2655 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2655?

Ormsby is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2655, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-06 — Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ormsbyprimary
  • Gregersoncosponsor
  • Springercosponsor
  • Bergcosponsor
  • Ybarracosponsor
  • Volzcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-26

    First reading, referred to Finance.

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  2. 2026-02-06

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

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2655&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

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