---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest."
description: "Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2089"
citation: "Washington HB 2089 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a21c44ab-07f4-4851-b3f2-24fd0940b043"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2089&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bbdf32f82e3d8aa6f2e75957c5ca5cf132955d110d342b7ab8e6661b762af55f"
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 2089 (2025-2026) — Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest.

## 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/2089.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2089-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2089-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **52–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 131, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 7/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a21c44ab-07f4-4851-b3f2-24fd0940b043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).