---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the existing state property tax exemption for residences of senior citizens and disabled persons to local regular property taxes."
description: "Extending the existing state property tax exemption for residences of senior citizens and disabled persons to local regular property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2597"
citation: "Washington HB 2597 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENIOR CITIZENS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fdfbdda-2538-4a12-9e6f-59002867defc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2597&year=2017"
source_hash: "daaf790274201449ad2dfd5939fb603597cc0fb8594991754c904de982fd2491"
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 2597 (2017-2018) — Extending the existing state property tax exemption for residences of senior citizens and disabled persons to local regular property taxes.

## 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/2597.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2597-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#1) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-05** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 46, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fdfbdda-2538-4a12-9e6f-59002867defc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).