---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing tax exemptions for the assistance of disabled veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States of America."
description: "Providing tax exemptions for the assistance of disabled veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States of America."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1862"
citation: "Washington HB 1862 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccb7a86-a5b8-43bb-8a03-f75f79e69d30"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1862&year=2023"
source_hash: "a2c9839aa91eef1792e96647974f1f3fa6aae336538e87cb722061686de49dfb"
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 1862 (2023-2024) — Providing tax exemptions for the assistance of disabled veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States of America.

## 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/1862.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1862-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1862-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1862-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-18** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 8. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-23** 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`
- **2024-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 141, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** Effective date 10/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccb7a86-a5b8-43bb-8a03-f75f79e69d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).