---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning rural public facilities sales and use tax."
description: "Concerning rural public facilities sales and use tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1267"
citation: "Washington HB 1267 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9328691d-9d3f-4d1c-ae9d-7c9f00e10298"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1267&year=2023"
source_hash: "cdd11f683e2262f35fb324e12978279ecc83eed8e26b21216695e3113816e641"
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 1267 (2023-2024) — Concerning rural public facilities sales and use tax.

## 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/1267.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1267-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1267-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-27** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Local Government. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (LG 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 411, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/9328691d-9d3f-4d1c-ae9d-7c9f00e10298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).