---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the exclusion of compensating tax when land is sold to a governmental entity intending to manage the land similarly to designated forestland or timberland."
description: "Concerning the exclusion of compensating tax when land is sold to a governmental entity intending to manage the land similarly to designated forestland or timberland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1818"
citation: "Washington HB 1818 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bed6ba0-1237-4da9-9ad4-d3f6d709e56b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1818&year=2023"
source_hash: "d79de429921509a89841ce833e3c839b425315dc23fec36d173a07373df50bdc"
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 1818 (2023-2024) — Concerning the exclusion of compensating tax when land is sold to a governmental entity intending to manage the land similarly to designated forestland or timberland.

## 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/1818.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1818-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1818-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-28** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 23). `substitution`
- **2024-01-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-19** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 109, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bed6ba0-1237-4da9-9ad4-d3f6d709e56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).