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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "SB 5581"
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citation: "Washington SB 5581 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-24"
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last_action: "2019-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3fbc41f-79ac-41a7-bc26-cd7d25ac1bd4"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5581&year=2019"
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source_hash: "39fab4f29afb018bf2c4efdafd5e0954d22baecb41069acbece7a3d699c6a981"
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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 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.
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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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5581.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5581-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — **58–36** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **33–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rolfes — primary (person)
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- Braun — cosponsor (person)
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- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-07** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2019-02-07** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2019-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-25** FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
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- **2019-02-25** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2019-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2019-03-11** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-03-14** Chapter 8, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-03-14** Effective date 3/14/2019*. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
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- **2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
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- **2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
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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/c3fbc41f-79ac-41a7-bc26-cd7d25ac1bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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