---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning taxes on in-state broadcasters."
description: "Concerning taxes on in-state broadcasters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2035"
citation: "Washington HB 2035 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "NEWS MEDIA", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "TELEVISION AND TELEVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3966f82f-f7fd-4030-9d9c-12a1baa5acc7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2035&year=2019"
source_hash: "87fbe64e4a2011a725d2be09d46c68c962527b68398f98626fefc7a6d289bc5b"
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 2035 (2019-2020) — Concerning taxes on in-state broadcasters.

## 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/2035.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#35) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 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.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 449, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019**. `became-law`
- **2019-02-25T13:00:00+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
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+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/3966f82f-f7fd-4030-9d9c-12a1baa5acc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).