---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a sales and use tax exemption related to internet and telecommunications infrastructure projects involving a federally recognized Indian tribe."
description: "Providing a sales and use tax exemption related to internet and telecommunications infrastructure projects involving a federally recognized Indian tribe."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1711"
citation: "Washington HB 1711 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a278335-959c-478a-abf0-2788780b887b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1711&year=2023"
source_hash: "8181c83bea6536032ac71babecf855d9c884d31b006ff4d2cca1f3354aa22720"
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 1711 (2023-2024) — Providing a sales and use tax exemption related to internet and telecommunications infrastructure projects involving a federally recognized Indian tribe.

## 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/1711.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1711-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1711-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-09** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-03-13** 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** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **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(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 355, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/1/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a278335-959c-478a-abf0-2788780b887b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).