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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
+description: "Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 1279"
+citation: "Washington HB 1279 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "DEPARTMENT", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf2c455-9996-474f-ac50-f1775ab36c61"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1279&year=2021"
+source_hash: "ef2140aa178a72e997c68d44a22cbbdf0f082ed41e158bd868a26a010353b57a"
+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 1279 (2021-2022) — Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+
+## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1279.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1279-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rule — primary (person)
+- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
+- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
+- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Rude — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
+- Vick — cosponsor (person)
+- Walen — cosponsor (person)
+- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 21). `substitution`
+- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
+- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Business, Financial Services & Trade. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 112, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
+- **2021-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
+- **2021-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-03-18T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf2c455-9996-474f-ac50-f1775ab36c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+