---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the maximum annual limit for regularly scheduled fundraising activities for the nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places property tax exemption."
description: "Increasing the maximum annual limit for regularly scheduled fundraising activities for the nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places property tax exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2431"
citation: "Washington HB 2431 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475fe8e5-5df3-40ca-a57a-eb8e790edd28"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2431&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a6a31b009048e02d05927557c436caebcfd0120293a17d6e212427c4cee77e09"
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 2431 (2025-2026) — Increasing the maximum annual limit for regularly scheduled fundraising activities for the nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places property tax exemption.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2431.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2431.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shavers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-09** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 63, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/475fe8e5-5df3-40ca-a57a-eb8e790edd28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).