--- type: "Bill" title: "Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing." description: "Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing." jurisdiction: "us/states/wa" legislature: "Washington Legislature" session: "2023-2024" identifier: "SB 5604" citation: "Washington SB 5604 (2023-2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"] version_count: 3 action_count: 28 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2023-01-27" last_action: "2023-04-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf09c50-fa9f-4d3d-b26a-262d1d85f7e1" source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5604&year=2023" source_hash: "329bd4961de77090321d9a7a8646cb133c99e142076ce92ad16f7134deabb96e" 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 5604 (2023-2024) — Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing. ## 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/5604.htm) 2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5604-S.htm) 3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5604-S.PL.htm) ## Votes - 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **47–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Robinson — primary (person) - Nguyen — cosponsor (person) - Stanford — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-27** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1` - **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. - **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. - **2023-02-14** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution` - **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2023-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. - **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2` - **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGLT 23). `substitution` - **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3` - **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1` - **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. - **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. - **2023-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-23** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM. - **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. - **2023-03-31** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2` - **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3` - **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage` - **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2023-04-14** Chapter 101, 2023 Laws. `became-law` - **2023-04-14** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf09c50-fa9f-4d3d-b26a-262d1d85f7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).