---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds."
description: "Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "Washington HB 2012 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Street"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a2111f-e6a6-4705-9009-f234d0e2ffbb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2012&year=2023"
source_hash: "6d328d88c6d699870318714154d47214f02ac46457ca85bbeaf8ad6c857fd558"
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 2012 (2023-2024) — Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds.

## 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/2012.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2012-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2012-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Street — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-23** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 113, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0a2111f-e6a6-4705-9009-f234d0e2ffbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).