---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning local tax increment financing."
description: "Concerning local tax increment financing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2451"
citation: "Washington HB 2451 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82bf49d-e188-4d51-ab58-d05fbd55b3cc"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2451&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f3af627ca7b6aaad6b9d3df25e676de81d1f7f735f024f3a3f8804d4db66f006"
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 2451 (2025-2026) — Concerning local tax increment financing.

## 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/2451.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2451-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2451-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2451-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2451-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** 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`
- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 141, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/2/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a82bf49d-e188-4d51-ab58-d05fbd55b3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).