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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments."
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description: "Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments."
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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 2137"
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citation: "Washington HB 2137 (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: ["Berg"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edcc73dd-1081-4707-a2f9-7e56c1cc610f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2137&year=2023"
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source_hash: "f951b0cc4c53f1a2d970ff44b121206769f02e4488541ab2db7ca233f29e3d4e"
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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 2137 (2023-2024) — Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments.
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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/2137.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2137.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Berg — primary (person)
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- Dent — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-19** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-15** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-13** Chapter 68, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-13** 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/edcc73dd-1081-4707-a2f9-7e56c1cc610f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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