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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment."
+description: "Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1355"
+citation: "Washington HB 1355 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-17"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d8b298-d7d3-4cd4-a8c5-185d7b50a22d"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1355&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "bc274262f35551a0d5dac2167b974c659be4c400e1bdc6433826e887aac25699"
+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 1355 (2025-2026) — Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1355.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1355.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **71–24** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#3) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Berg — primary (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-04** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2025-03-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-24** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-22** Chapter 136, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d8b298-d7d3-4cd4-a8c5-185d7b50a22d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+