---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving and updating administrative provisions related to the board of tax appeals."
description: "Improving and updating administrative provisions related to the board of tax appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2777"
citation: "Washington HB 2777 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726b04e1-bcf9-41bd-bc7c-0638e11862cf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2777&year=2017"
source_hash: "7ef412aea9e46ec0087681778097dc7c72074361a2a609412a60662d86d4c4c1"
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 2777 (2017-2018) — Improving and updating administrative provisions related to the board of tax appeals.

## 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/2777.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2777.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** 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** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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 Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-06** 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 partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 174, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/726b04e1-bcf9-41bd-bc7c-0638e11862cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).