---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax."
description: "Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1643"
citation: "Washington HB 1643 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNTIES", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed73258f-e4ad-4d26-8d6b-1ce0b785c961"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1643&year=2021"
source_hash: "3f8b6f2945dce9e21988dcde033d73c02122031da9e51224d974eb08b5a3db3b"
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 1643 (2021-2022) — Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax.

## 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/1643.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1643-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1643-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackney — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 199, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-23T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+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/ed73258f-e4ad-4d26-8d6b-1ce0b785c961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).