---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax."
description: "Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1791"
citation: "Washington HB 1791 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/738229b3-219d-4861-ac45-44b0b6fe2eb0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1791&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4bf6c052d1d466185784cda5fd3e8dbc2a6ccbc9fbd89a5a403395f02a8b1b99"
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 1791 (2025-2026) — Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax.

## 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/1791.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1791-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1791-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** 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`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** 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.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Chapter 159, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** 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/738229b3-219d-4861-ac45-44b0b6fe2eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).