---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the scope of taxation on land development or management services."
description: "Clarifying the scope of taxation on land development or management services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2229"
citation: "Washington HB 2229 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - EXCISE", "HOMES AND HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-11"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/346837c0-e649-48a4-8011-3c5c63c22b46"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2229&year=2019"
source_hash: "6ea52ea8972433264b69a6560021a770db5be27fede76a3f3c9d90497c41d867"
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 2229 (2019-2020) — Clarifying the scope of taxation on land development or management services.

## 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/2229.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#49) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** HSA - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 109, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability 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/346837c0-e649-48a4-8011-3c5c63c22b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).