---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues."
description: "Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1650"
citation: "Washington HB 1650 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c159df1f-ddce-411d-a906-fa264167cae7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1650&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2e60827508c0d999729ffa06eda9ba7bbaf27a9e5ab0297b609da7ca7a7d403d"
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 1650 (2025-2026) — Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues.

## 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/1650.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1650-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1650-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** 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`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 85, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c159df1f-ddce-411d-a906-fa264167cae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).