---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the administration of property taxes."
description: "Concerning the administration of property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "Washington HB 1303 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Street"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fa1fe7-9f3e-465f-b122-f4e08f48155c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1303&year=2023"
source_hash: "2a11ffe4830b4b2ab1bc287ac95b66720a160250896c38a2757cf34aae39be67"
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 1303 (2023-2024) — Concerning the administration of property taxes.

## 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/1303.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1303.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Street — primary (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-13** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 28, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/a8fa1fe7-9f3e-465f-b122-f4e08f48155c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).