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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to tax preferences."
+description: "Relating to tax preferences."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2168"
+citation: "Washington HB 2168 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarleton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-10"
+last_action: "2019-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc26675-5c6a-4c06-8d18-a3e32031897a"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2168&year=2019"
+source_hash: "40e5638e62eae84854a54bf1d013c61d74ec3d2544406068cbf550204491c4ba"
+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 2168 (2019-2020) — Relating to tax preferences.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2168.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2168-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#5) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-10** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-04-26** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-04-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-04-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-04-26** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-04-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-26** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-27** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-04-27** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-04-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-21** Chapter 451, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-26T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:00 PM
+- **2019-04-26T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:00 PM
+- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dc26675-5c6a-4c06-8d18-a3e32031897a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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