---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consolidating and simplifying the annual report and annual survey used for economic development tax incentives."
description: "Consolidating and simplifying the annual report and annual survey used for economic development tax incentives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1296"
citation: "Washington HB 1296 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nealey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4bf3ea-00cc-4a71-a7bd-4b887015c1a2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1296&year=2017"
source_hash: "89bf8222fc75e236423ff39fbd8031f8900ecc9c2029ac0ef29fa8674fed340f"
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 1296 (2017-2018) — Consolidating and simplifying the annual report and annual survey used for economic development tax incentives.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1296.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1296-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1296-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nealey — primary (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-03** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** AWTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-17** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 135, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** Effective date 1/1/2018**. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4bf3ea-00cc-4a71-a7bd-4b887015c1a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).