---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a business and occupation tax preference for behavioral health administrative services organizations."
description: "Providing a business and occupation tax preference for behavioral health administrative services organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "Washington HB 1296 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21650550-d4a2-46ce-8f2a-fe0677898627"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1296&year=2021"
source_hash: "9226514aa35ff0a077bd806d71e8feb9ace704dd3ff3eb35073cf06a2034a99b"
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 1296 (2021-2022) — Providing a business and occupation tax preference for behavioral health administrative services organizations.

## 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/1296.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 124, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 4/26/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-23T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-25T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21650550-d4a2-46ce-8f2a-fe0677898627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).