---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting federal tax lien documents from recording surcharges."
description: "Exempting federal tax lien documents from recording surcharges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1980"
citation: "Washington HB 1980 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "LIENS", "AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "TAXES", "GENERALLY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1e2d201-567b-49b1-aad9-667575307924"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1980&year=2019"
source_hash: "f82a76c46a9fea69c73342db7d9f1998c74520dfb74276a50cb4e6b9092f1e05"
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 1980 (2019-2020) — Exempting federal tax lien documents from recording surcharges.

## 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/1980.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-20** 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, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 136, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+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/b1e2d201-567b-49b1-aad9-667575307924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).