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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments."
description: "Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Washington HB 2137 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edcc73dd-1081-4707-a2f9-7e56c1cc610f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2137&year=2023"
source_hash: "f951b0cc4c53f1a2d970ff44b121206769f02e4488541ab2db7ca233f29e3d4e"
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 2137 (2023-2024) — Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2137.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2137.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Berg — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-19** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-15** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 68, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
## Source
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).