---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that meals furnished to tenants of senior living communities as part of their rental agreement are not subject to sales and use tax."
description: "Clarifying that meals furnished to tenants of senior living communities as part of their rental agreement are not subject to sales and use tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1431"
citation: "Washington HB 1431 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b02123fa-821f-4001-b3d1-15a1b3afcd81"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1431&year=2023"
source_hash: "b165de69f54fd72428b8d6d84c818ac572d7da9573a4ad4ce7f6e723a03d839b"
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 1431 (2023-2024) — Clarifying that meals furnished to tenants of senior living communities as part of their rental agreement are not subject to sales and use 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/1431.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1431-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1431-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-16** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 416, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/b02123fa-821f-4001-b3d1-15a1b3afcd81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).