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

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5252 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5252 has been enacted into law. 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

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Action timeline

Newest first

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

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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

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Official source

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

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