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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers."
description: "Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "Washington HB 1494 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2794f9-2a67-415d-888f-bad348a6efbc"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1494&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "358eb3392d38122f4bcf4c46cdc70a3eb47be4ac41014d663fafd24d08ef7f23"
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 1494 (2025-2026) — Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1494.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1494.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ramel — primary (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-26** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Chapter 164, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-25** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c2794f9-2a67-415d-888f-bad348a6efbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).