---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans."
description: "Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2138"
citation: "Washington HB 2138 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kraft"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-06"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f1fefd-7540-444c-89a0-d2385d572f1d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2138&year=2017"
source_hash: "1df845c43497e599940e57c69512f379e62f0b8902fbb24de01fc23b89a7879a"
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 2138 (2017-2018) — Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans.

## 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/2138.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2138-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kraft — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-30** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** First Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Held at the Desk.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on second reading.
- **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.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 176, 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/48f1fefd-7540-444c-89a0-d2385d572f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).