---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the taxing authority of public facilities districts."
description: "Concerning the taxing authority of public facilities districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Washington HB 1201 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dccfaa6-16b2-4de1-8c25-a03432d6dff0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1201&year=2017"
source_hash: "f9574f4e0e9e27b5d171e39b0c0fb14853b445233db8bbbf871c04b8c00448f2"
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 1201 (2017-2018) — Concerning the taxing authority of public facilities districts.

## 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/1201.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1201.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#26) — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 164, 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/0dccfaa6-16b2-4de1-8c25-a03432d6dff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).