---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that scan-down allowances on food and beverages intended for human and pet consumption are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation tax."
description: "Providing that scan-down allowances on food and beverages intended for human and pet consumption are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1354"
citation: "Washington HB 1354 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f0c27ad-abb7-4d79-9b5c-67c85c1426f7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1354&year=2019"
source_hash: "81805ec242690bc7dc2d9a4dcc14b2409c8958bbb0bb828aa87ca7a6f95adbc1"
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 1354 (2019-2020) — Providing that scan-down allowances on food and beverages intended for human and pet consumption are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation 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/1354.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1354.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** 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.
- **2019-03-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 217, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `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
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f0c27ad-abb7-4d79-9b5c-67c85c1426f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).