---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax."
description: "Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Washington HB 1163 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1addbbe-3e5f-4736-9dcf-94e48411c80e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1163&year=2023"
source_hash: "2b55c06a4c2815f8b2be8507c15e0454529740d3711c51bd60cc5ff7a52ff51a"
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 1163 (2023-2024) — Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1163.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1163-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1163-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** BFGT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 343, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1addbbe-3e5f-4736-9dcf-94e48411c80e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).