WA SB 5697

died on adjournment

Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5697 pass?

No. WA SB 5697 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 (2026-01-12): Senate Rules "X" file.

What is WA SB 5697 about?

WA SB 5697 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5697?

Slatter is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5697, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-07
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
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2025-02-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
WM - Majority; do pass.
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2025-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
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2025-02-28
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-11
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-03-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-03-14
First reading, referred to Finance.
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2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-12
Senate Rules "X" file.

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11)
2025-03-12 · pass · 41-7
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- 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: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: other
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5697&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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