---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting multipurpose senior citizen centers from property taxation."
description: "Exempting multipurpose senior citizen centers from property taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Washington HB 1526 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENIOR CITIZENS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c2b169-dfbd-48b3-80b2-b8f40650e411"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1526&year=2017"
source_hash: "5a2f9a923c4c2415eb764143cf5924452aa5381686ccc4e26e1bb6d526e5653e"
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 1526 (2017-2018) — Exempting multipurpose senior citizen centers from property taxation.

## 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/1526.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1526-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 301, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/b1c2b169-dfbd-48b3-80b2-b8f40650e411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).