republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5980.md

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Bill	Providing substantial and permanent tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Providing substantial tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses.)	Providing substantial and permanent tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Providing substantial tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses.)	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5980	Washington SB 5980 (2021-2022)	bill	BUSINESSES TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS CREDITS DEDUCTIONS DEFERRALS ETC.	enacted	Carlyle	3	31	3	2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/da59bee8-cfc9-4d8d-9fed-16e3fb48561b	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5980&year=2021	85f2f534648d2bd0d00f8f8018c22efa5b6eba91d804b05720bff46e2d93cdb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5980 (2021-2022) — Providing substantial and permanent tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Providing substantial tax relief for small businesses to mitigate structural deficiencies in Washington's business and occupation tax and lessen long-term negative economic consequences of the pandemic that have disproportionately impacted small businesses.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carlyle — primary (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 22). substitution
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing and executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:00 PM.
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 295, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-02-24T21:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
• 2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
• 2022-03-07T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
• 2022-03-08T18:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:00 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da59bee8-cfc9-4d8d-9fed-16e3fb48561b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).