---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands."
description: "Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2003"
citation: "Washington HB 2003 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connors"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7a2fabe-2de1-401f-9a29-8b34c46b2481"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2003&year=2023"
source_hash: "b1c4071a48082f9a77853506dbc63110de1a837b90d5dca53db09c6f9ab78aed"
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 2003 (2023-2024) — Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands.

## 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/2003.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2003-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2003-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2003-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Connors — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** 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.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 59, 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/c7a2fabe-2de1-401f-9a29-8b34c46b2481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).