WA SB 5252

enacted

Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5252 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5252 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-16. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5252 about?

WA SB 5252 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5252?

Shewmake is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5252, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-16 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-14
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-28
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-06
WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-06
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-10
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-10
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-12
1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).
substitution
2025-03-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-14
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-04
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2025-04-04
FIN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-07
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-13
Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
reading-3
2026-01-21
Rules suspended.
2026-01-21
Returned to second reading for amendment.
2026-01-21
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-01-21
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-21
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-01-26
First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-19
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2026-03-02
FIN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
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2026-03-06
President signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-16
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-16
Chapter 67, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-16
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20)
2025-03-12 · pass · 47-1
Member-level votes (49)
- 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: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- 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
- Ramos: 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: other
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)
2026-01-21 · pass · 48-1
Member-level votes (49)
- 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: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: 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
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)
2026-03-05 · pass · 96-0
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: other
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5252&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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