---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the withdrawal of land from a designated classification."
description: "Concerning the withdrawal of land from a designated classification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1747"
citation: "Washington HB 1747 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e744064-5481-4122-8fc3-2481f13d247e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1747&year=2017"
source_hash: "d2a80b40efa1ef120cf1154af2faebfe0bf52d58c4fd9f936c5b6ac2f52baaa4"
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 1747 (2017-2018) — Concerning the withdrawal of land from a designated classification.

## 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/1747.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1747-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#34) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** 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.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 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.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** AWTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-22** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-31** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 251, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/2e744064-5481-4122-8fc3-2481f13d247e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).