republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1297.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning working families tax exemption."
description: "Concerning working families tax exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "Washington HB 1297 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LOW-INCOME PERSONS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f3de52d-651f-44a5-8252-a71d3a4a01a6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1297&year=2021"
source_hash: "57b40ab884b876a1a8f60f022d7f4c5110f1be2f30cc992486823fb7973820c4"
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 1297 (2021-2022) — Concerning working families tax exemption.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1297.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1297-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1297-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 153 Stokesbary Pg 6 Ln 28 (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 195, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-16T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-30T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f3de52d-651f-44a5-8252-a71d3a4a01a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).