republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2015.md

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Bill	Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings.	Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2015	Washington HB 2015 (2017-2018)	bill	COUNTIES TAXES - LODGING TAX CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTERS	enacted	Pettigrew	3	56	3	2017-02-07	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2015&year=2017	38c4245c326fb93c852f4bfa764a75f915e88062904f75ea609363831dbe6746	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2015 (2017-2018) — Modifying the lodging excise tax to remove the exemption for premises with fewer than sixty lodging units and to tax certain vacation rentals, short-term home-sharing arrangements, and other compensated use or occupancy of dwellings.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#18) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — 33–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pettigrew — primary (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Nealey — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — cosponsor (person)
• Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-23 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Finance.
• 2018-02-05 FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-05 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-05 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-23 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Finance.
• 2018-02-05 FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-05 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-05 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-05 FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-05 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-05 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-13 Held on second reading.
• 2018-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-23 Chapter 245, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-23 Effective date 10/1/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).