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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans."
+description: "Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2138"
+citation: "Washington HB 2138 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kraft"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-06"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f1fefd-7540-444c-89a0-d2385d572f1d"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2138&year=2017"
+source_hash: "1df845c43497e599940e57c69512f379e62f0b8902fbb24de01fc23b89a7879a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 2138 (2017-2018) — Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2138.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2138-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#2) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kraft — primary (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
+- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-30** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-30** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-11** First Reading.
+- **2017-04-11** Held at the Desk.
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Chapter 176, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48f1fefd-7540-444c-89a0-d2385d572f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+