---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restoring the business and occupation and public utility tax exemption for custom farming and hauling farm products."
description: "Restoring the business and occupation and public utility tax exemption for custom farming and hauling farm products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1641"
citation: "Washington HB 1641 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FARMS AND FARMING", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f07b95b7-5afa-45be-88fd-0512b2c71764"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1641&year=2021"
source_hash: "dfea9e0d8ff1b52af4090baa8360aca34d7205252fe448c550a56c11f962f0c3"
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 1641 (2021-2022) — Restoring the business and occupation and public utility tax exemption for custom farming and hauling farm products.

## 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/1641.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoff — primary (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:00 PM.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 119, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2022-03-07T22:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 05:00 PM
- **2022-03-09T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f07b95b7-5afa-45be-88fd-0512b2c71764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).