---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the working families' tax exemption, also known as the working families tax credit."
description: "Concerning the working families' tax exemption, also known as the working families tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2096"
citation: "Washington HB 2096 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83e65741-2fea-4f0b-aa9e-110d915c9009"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2096&year=2021"
source_hash: "aec956467fe1b6c5d3d8fdf54ff39b6c404f46fbe5b9a68cef40fd5621dc8671"
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 2096 (2021-2022) — Concerning the working families' tax exemption, also known as the working families tax credit.

## 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/2096.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2096.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **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. `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.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 41, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **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/83e65741-2fea-4f0b-aa9e-110d915c9009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).