---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain transfers of low-income housing."
description: "Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain transfers of low-income housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2444"
citation: "Washington HB 2444 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09bc7af3-ff95-4e4d-b82a-9e9caacc8479"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2444&year=2017"
source_hash: "6328ccef311367e17f5b5acd48007323218c977205d74570222c2fd658477761"
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 2444 (2017-2018) — Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain transfers of low-income housing.

## 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/2444.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2444.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-03-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-08** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 221, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09bc7af3-ff95-4e4d-b82a-9e9caacc8479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).