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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health."
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description: "Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2998"
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citation: "Washington HB 2998 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-23"
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last_action: "2018-03-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6a07e8-efbf-43e8-9cc6-bab357add7f9"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2998&year=2017"
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source_hash: "ceb1cae05a58803fe2847925409ece455c75d28d8b953fb9d288db1caba9641b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2998 (2017-2018) — Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for accountable communities of health.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2998.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2998-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **93–5** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage (#1) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robinson — primary (person)
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- Cody — cosponsor (person)
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- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-23** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-02-26** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 12; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-02** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-06** WM - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-03-06** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2018-03-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended.
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- **2018-03-07** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2018-03-07** Held on calendar.
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- **2018-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2018-03-08** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-15** Chapter 102, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-15** Effective date 3/15/2018. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa6a07e8-efbf-43e8-9cc6-bab357add7f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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