---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incentivizing the development of commercial office space in cities in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand."
description: "Incentivizing the development of commercial office space in cities in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1746"
citation: "Washington HB 1746 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "BUSINESSES", "LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE", "JOINT", "STUDIES", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1622ed6-a78a-46e1-98f9-6ff073fb3747"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1746&year=2019"
source_hash: "eb2973c2e9e7e799370e0fd24bc18c1e20bf974f68f57f3d53591f9a1e0a2ee4"
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 1746 (2019-2020) — Incentivizing the development of commercial office space in cities in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand.

## 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/1746.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1746-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) — **32–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Local Government.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Local Government.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 8. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 273, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade 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/a1622ed6-a78a-46e1-98f9-6ff073fb3747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).