---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than two thousand from the leasehold excise tax."
description: "Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than two thousand from the leasehold excise tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "Washington HB 1301 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "PERFORMING ARTS AND PERFORMANCE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dcb44ef-5928-455d-a42c-d6ced07ce212"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1301&year=2019"
source_hash: "70ce842b26e2cccf97181e31f40da75f792378fcc646fa39da5c96690feffc27"
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 1301 (2019-2020) — Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than two thousand from the leasehold excise tax.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1301.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirby — primary (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 335, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dcb44ef-5928-455d-a42c-d6ced07ce212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).