---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Washington HB 1279 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "DEPARTMENT", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf2c455-9996-474f-ac50-f1775ab36c61"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1279&year=2021"
source_hash: "ef2140aa178a72e997c68d44a22cbbdf0f082ed41e158bd868a26a010353b57a"
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 1279 (2021-2022) — Modifying the Washington main street program tax incentive to respond to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1279.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1279-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rule — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Business, Financial Services & Trade. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 112, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-18T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf2c455-9996-474f-ac50-f1775ab36c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).