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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers."
+description: "Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1494"
+citation: "Washington HB 1494 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-21"
+last_action: "2025-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2794f9-2a67-415d-888f-bad348a6efbc"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1494&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "358eb3392d38122f4bcf4c46cdc70a3eb47be4ac41014d663fafd24d08ef7f23"
+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 1494 (2025-2026) — Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers.
+
+## 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/1494.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1494.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramel — primary (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Walen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-26** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **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.
+- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-25** Chapter 164, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-25** 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/0c2794f9-2a67-415d-888f-bad348a6efbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+