---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending tax preferences for dairy, fruit and vegetable, and seafood processors."
description: "Extending tax preferences for dairy, fruit and vegetable, and seafood processors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Washington HB 1573 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5be9ebc-131a-4fb9-b04c-8f67dc2421aa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1573&year=2023"
source_hash: "79f698f79a3a06e7a7ab3d7ce75f934f003bb015bc29dc2639c80e5d899f1d94"
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 1573 (2023-2024) — Extending tax preferences for dairy, fruit and vegetable, and seafood processors.

## 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/1573.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1573.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **77–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rule — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-21** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-28** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** 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 422, 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/a5be9ebc-131a-4fb9-b04c-8f67dc2421aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).