---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences."
description: "Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1210"
citation: "Washington HB 1210 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0349e4d6-6742-4206-ad15-ba3e45173588"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1210&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d0ee9df0c1f13c3618e502fe3bb6cfdfa5b6bafb7f0cc778ead22b726313704b"
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 1210 (2025-2026) — Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210-S.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210-S.E2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210-S.htm)
5. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1210-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **80–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **81–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnard — primary (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 120, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0349e4d6-6742-4206-ad15-ba3e45173588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).