---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing."
description: "Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Washington HB 1406 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "TAXES - USE", "TAXES - SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b0d4da-91fb-4528-bce1-3b5b1b14d117"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1406&year=2019"
source_hash: "58327cbf3bb94296ef76762da9f7e08482c01f1edcafd4a36dc98a2962313bab"
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 1406 (2019-2020) — Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing.

## 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/1406.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1406-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **62–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing, Community Development & Veterans.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing, Community Development & Veterans.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** HSA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** 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 338, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b0d4da-91fb-4528-bce1-3b5b1b14d117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).