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Bill Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019. Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019. us/states/wa Washington Legislature 2019-2020 SB 5581 Washington SB 5581 (2019-2020)
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TAXES - SALES
BUSINESSES
TAXES - EXCISE
TAXES - USE
TAXES - BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION
TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS
CREDITS
DEDUCTIONS
DEFERRALS
ETC.
FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
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Rolfes
2 34 3 2019-01-24 2019-03-14 openstates ocd-bill/c3fbc41f-79ac-41a7-bc26-cd7d25ac1bd4 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5581&year=2019 39fab4f29afb018bf2c4efdafd5e0954d22baecb41069acbece7a3d699c6a981 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Washington SB 5581 (2019-2020) — Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — 5836 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — 3711 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — 3313 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rolfes — primary (person)
  • Braun — cosponsor (person)
  • Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
  • Keiser — cosponsor (person)
  • Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-24 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
  • 2019-02-07 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2019-02-07 Minority; without recommendation.
  • 2019-02-11 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2019-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  • 2019-02-15 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
  • 2019-02-07 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2019-02-07 Minority; without recommendation.
  • 2019-02-11 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2019-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  • 2019-02-15 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
  • 2019-02-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  • 2019-02-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
  • 2019-02-18 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
  • 2019-02-25 FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
  • 2019-02-25 FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
  • 2019-02-25 Minority; do not pass.
  • 2019-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  • 2019-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  • 2019-03-08 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  • 2019-03-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  • 2019-03-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
  • 2019-03-11 Senate concurred in House amendments.
  • 2019-03-11 Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
  • 2019-03-11 President signed. passage
  • 2019-03-11 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2019-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
  • 2019-03-14 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2019-03-14 Chapter 8, 2019 Laws. became-law
  • 2019-03-14 Effective date 3/14/2019*. became-law
  • 2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
  • 2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
  • 2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
  • 2019-02-25T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3fbc41f-79ac-41a7-bc26-cd7d25ac1bd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).