---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption."
description: "Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2375"
citation: "Washington HB 2375 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goehner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31315e5-9fbe-40b0-821b-44025928c2c5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2375&year=2023"
source_hash: "736656ddb89513299cc36e040eef7b61bcd2733d42aba412b67ca23174a76e27"
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 2375 (2023-2024) — Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption.

## 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/2375.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2375.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#53) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goehner — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-01** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing and 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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 119, 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/a31315e5-9fbe-40b0-821b-44025928c2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).