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Establishing a graduated real estate excise tax. |
Establishing a graduated real estate excise tax. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5998 |
Washington SB 5998 (2019-2020) |
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| PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS |
| TAXES - REAL ESTATE SALES EXCISE |
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enacted |
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3 |
31 |
3 |
2019-03-29 |
2019-05-21 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/eb6b2e5c-4f7a-4d79-877d-b9fcb004f09f |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5998&year=2019 |
902ed46d7a0b682f088f058c83c85c98b3497bd9a8ca0f46290e90456d1487d1 |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5998 (2019-2020) — Establishing a graduated real estate excise tax.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage (#9) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
- 810 Braun Pg 1 Ln 24 (#22) — 21–27 (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — 26–22 (pass) · upper
- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-03-29 First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1
- 2019-04-18 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-04-18 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-04-19 Rules suspended.
- 2019-04-19 Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-25 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-04-18 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-04-18 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-04-19 Rules suspended.
- 2019-04-19 Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-25 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-04-25 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- 2019-04-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
- 2019-04-26 First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1
- 2019-04-27 FIN - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-04-27 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-04-27 Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-27 Held on second reading.
- 2019-04-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
- 2019-04-28 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-28 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-30 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-05-21 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-05-21 Chapter 424, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-05-21 Effective date 1/1/2020.
became-law
- 2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- 2019-04-18T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- 2019-04-27T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM
- 2019-04-27T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb6b2e5c-4f7a-4d79-877d-b9fcb004f09f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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