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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2015"
citation: "Washington HB 2015 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "TAXES - LODGING TAX", "CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2015&year=2017"
source_hash: "38c4245c326fb93c852f4bfa764a75f915e88062904f75ea609363831dbe6746"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2015-S.htm)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16a1eb6-c184-4afa-bb3a-541c8014bef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).