---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program."
description: "Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2077"
citation: "Washington HB 2077 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c5599a-070e-41e2-b18e-4c8a7c3afdc2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2077&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "05175ffa80c8e60ffc1a6b4a0a630c8c6489d2e72fd56f253974464356062eed"
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 2077 (2025-2026) — Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program.

## 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/2077.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2077-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2077-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Place Measure on 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **28–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-14** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-19** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-19** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 419, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 5/20/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c5599a-070e-41e2-b18e-4c8a7c3afdc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).