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type: "Bill"
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title: "Updating thresholds for the property tax exemption for widows and widowers of honorably discharged veterans."
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description: "Updating thresholds for the property tax exemption for widows and widowers of honorably discharged veterans."
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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: "SB 6238"
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citation: "Washington SB 6238 (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: ["Dozier"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-15"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6c804ab-4c19-4079-962b-bf322307e76f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6238&year=2023"
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source_hash: "bf22aa3cfe4c0a9ef7304230c7aa57c12a63d3d975c60b336c83b1189f314815"
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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 SB 6238 (2023-2024) — Updating thresholds for the property tax exemption for widows and widowers of honorably discharged veterans.
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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/Senate%20Bills/6238.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6238.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#52) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dozier — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Torres — cosponsor (person)
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- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
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- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
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- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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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, 92; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Chapter 334, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-28** 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/b6c804ab-4c19-4079-962b-bf322307e76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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