---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating sales and use and excise tax exemptions for self-help housing development."
description: "Creating sales and use and excise tax exemptions for self-help housing development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5025"
citation: "Washington SB 5025 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Das"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a1dda9-3d0f-4d32-a5ed-e6ad4276f0c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5025&year=2019"
source_hash: "125020b4aeeb5b659340c0a7798382b404fef62a1fa029a3e952df4d8b950dec"
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 SB 5025 (2019-2020) — Creating sales and use and excise tax exemptions for self-help housing development.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5025.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5025-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage without House Amendments (#11) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Das — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** HSA - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-03-01** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-23** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2019-04-25** Senate insists on its position and asks House to recede.
- **2019-04-27** House receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 385, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 10/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-23T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-01T17:20:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:20 PM
- **2019-03-01T17:20:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:20 PM
- **2019-03-26T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance 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/28a1dda9-3d0f-4d32-a5ed-e6ad4276f0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).