---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit."
description: "Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "Washington HB 1265 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e7be26f-3e8c-4cff-a04c-a2f0593c1753"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1265&year=2023"
source_hash: "17566ca4cb9f1dbfc961b0c0495dba988e7bdfcd1f0da47c0933794569646358"
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 1265 (2023-2024) — Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1265.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1265.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-14** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 69, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e7be26f-3e8c-4cff-a04c-a2f0593c1753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).