---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing tax relief for newspaper publishers."
description: "Providing tax relief for newspaper publishers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5199"
citation: "Washington SB 5199 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cd175e7-a994-4e11-a38f-8b097e25710b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5199&year=2023"
source_hash: "c8057cd65108f6b80c6261ebcfb4730d516a3ee467e5e97c4f335bf6c55f764b"
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 SB 5199 (2023-2024) — Providing tax relief for newspaper publishers.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5199.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5199-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5199-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5199-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5199-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-26** BFGT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-04-14** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 286, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cd175e7-a994-4e11-a38f-8b097e25710b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).