---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers."
description: "Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5516"
citation: "Washington SB 5516 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37de75dd-c0b3-443f-9cc3-e3def2563980"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5516&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1054bb1a6cc9dfede0c693d39a0afc0ed9e0304f695586971b3dbf47389400cf"
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 SB 5516 (2025-2026) — Modifying the property tax exemption for community centers.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5516.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5516-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5516-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-13** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-04** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 340, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/37de75dd-c0b3-443f-9cc3-e3def2563980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).