---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the business and occupation tax return filing due date for annual filers."
description: "Extending the business and occupation tax return filing due date for annual filers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "Washington HB 1059 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Werven"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af35c05c-1887-4888-a3b0-2fe9d317ce6c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1059&year=2019"
source_hash: "1176aa632c7584c9bd4ab5772c3ed4758ec7aea67e897a694275f828b2a0731d"
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 1059 (2019-2020) — Extending the business and occupation tax return filing due date for annual filers.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1059.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1059-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1059-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van Werven — primary (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-05** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 63, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af35c05c-1887-4888-a3b0-2fe9d317ce6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).