---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the local sales and use tax for affordable housing to be imposed by a councilmanic authority."
description: "Allowing the local sales and use tax for affordable housing to be imposed by a councilmanic authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1590"
citation: "Washington HB 1590 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "TAXES - USE", "TAXES - SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f13a7845-2537-42bd-ade3-23db66c5f60e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1590&year=2019"
source_hash: "03793d761c8df49ec04a77abae5cb5314e28f4ada8aa8583b6b069996396c87d"
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 1590 (2019-2020) — Allowing the local sales and use tax for affordable housing to be imposed by a councilmanic authority.

## 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/1590.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **52–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 222, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f13a7845-2537-42bd-ade3-23db66c5f60e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).