---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action."
description: "Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1575"
citation: "Washington HB 1575 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce98a607-f147-4510-bf03-5315819998e8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1575&year=2023"
source_hash: "1b2914eb9310185008e991ea4d12afe6447d1928fc7dd5fa54cb91730e19289a"
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 1575 (2023-2024) — Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action.

## 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/1575.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1575.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **27–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-22** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 179, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** 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/ce98a607-f147-4510-bf03-5315819998e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).