WA SB 5516
enactedModifying the property tax exemption for community centers.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WA SB 5516 pass?
Yes. WA SB 5516 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-17. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA SB 5516 about?
WA SB 5516 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5516?
Conway is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5516, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-05-17 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Conwayprimary
- Noblescosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-27
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-13
WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-13
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-18
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-26
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-03
1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).
substitution
2025-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-05
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
2025-04-16
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-19
President signed.
passage
2025-04-22
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-23
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-17
Chapter 340, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-17
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27)
2025-03-03 · pass · 49-0
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: 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
- 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: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4)
2025-04-16 · pass · 95-0
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: 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: other
- 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: 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: yes
- 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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