---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility."
description: "Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2442"
citation: "Washington HB 2442 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d1b4ff9-12cc-4a43-9a02-8b2ca370d6b8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2442&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "196bfa2d8fcee7a6b93371a9179319ca476f5d6e10ffbf87dba5e6826abb18a1"
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 2442 (2025-2026) — Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility.

## 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/2442.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2442-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2442-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2442-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **26–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `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`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** 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 with amendment(s). `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`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 51; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 221, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** 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/8d1b4ff9-12cc-4a43-9a02-8b2ca370d6b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).