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type: "Bill"
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title: "Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies."
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description: "Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 2044"
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citation: "Washington HB 2044 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-26"
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last_action: "2024-03-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ea2c9a9-af72-444c-9e98-eb1a0d347948"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2044&year=2023"
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source_hash: "a45fbbf04a142fc1c1e855258de01ce3c7f6b0b5f771390f58635e4198633143"
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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 2044 (2023-2024) — Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies.
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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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2044.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2044.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Duerr — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
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- Senn — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-26** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-23** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
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- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-15** Chapter 114, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `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/6ea2c9a9-af72-444c-9e98-eb1a0d347948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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