---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring eligible arena projects to fully pay the state and local sales tax within ten years of commencing construction."
description: "Requiring eligible arena projects to fully pay the state and local sales tax within ten years of commencing construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1839"
citation: "Washington HB 1839 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STADIUMS AND OTHER VENUES", "SPORTS AND RECREATION", "PERFORMING ARTS AND PERFORMANCE FACILITIES", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24c28ce-f9f4-494b-8d99-8c6ea7e1a4c0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1839&year=2019"
source_hash: "23d9652164177878284b337afcdd99124943488014677ddfbca4a39cb8251c9c"
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 1839 (2019-2020) — Requiring eligible arena projects to fully pay the state and local sales tax within ten years of commencing construction.

## 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/1839.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1839-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1839-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#22) — **94–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 77; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 347, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 5/9/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24c28ce-f9f4-494b-8d99-8c6ea7e1a4c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).