---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments."
description: "Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Washington HB 1189 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC WORKS", "TAXES - PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d74db66-fb8b-43ef-912e-80378f33215f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1189&year=2021"
source_hash: "e5e580ff3c5f4c437b62865cd2356443ed86a665d33f097b10354409376bfd80"
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 1189 (2021-2022) — Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1189.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1189-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1189-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- 337 Orcutt Pg 4 Ln 13 (#15) — **45–52** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 68; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 207, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 09:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-18T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & 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/6d74db66-fb8b-43ef-912e-80378f33215f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).