---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of moneys from the rural public facilities sales and use tax for affordable workforce housing infrastructure and facilities."
description: "Concerning the use of moneys from the rural public facilities sales and use tax for affordable workforce housing infrastructure and facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1987"
citation: "Washington HB 1987 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46a5dc7-7615-4048-bf51-a22600d8e23e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1987&year=2023"
source_hash: "f937531456477909bb714c6788750668195c4c7c3d7ac0236249c83c3bc24c83"
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 1987 (2023-2024) — Concerning the use of moneys from the rural public facilities sales and use tax for affordable workforce housing infrastructure and facilities.

## 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/1987.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1987.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 58, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** 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/c46a5dc7-7615-4048-bf51-a22600d8e23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).