---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the imposition of regional transit authority property taxes on less than a whole parcel."
description: "Prohibiting the imposition of regional transit authority property taxes on less than a whole parcel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6475"
citation: "Washington SB 6475 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY TAX", "PUBLIC TRANSIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c39a35a5-a170-46b4-a215-4e28e4211c1b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6475&year=2017"
source_hash: "8fd444bc58f0400e175da39cb6afe2931826377bd729e99d7f1f52076bd57022"
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 SB 6475 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting the imposition of regional transit authority property taxes on less than a whole parcel.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6475.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6475-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#26) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-29** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 81, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 3/15/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c39a35a5-a170-46b4-a215-4e28e4211c1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).