---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date."
description: "Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2306"
citation: "Washington HB 2306 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c545d3-daa4-44a4-98e2-46e9adc815b5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2306&year=2023"
source_hash: "88df5cadb93f8388db131fb4d4600aa66acd396bcf7782ec88faddf18e72156e"
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 2306 (2023-2024) — Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date.

## 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/2306.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2306-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2306-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2306-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Public hearing 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** 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`
- **2024-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 93, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/12c545d3-daa4-44a4-98e2-46e9adc815b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).