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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities."
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description: "Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2020"
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citation: "Washington HB 2020 (2025-2026)"
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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: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf48357-448a-4bb5-bf9c-650e63618000"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2020&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "f18fdc9d51b18b47498b3e5781d4a66240373c8c44ee6572649d9010af045ce1"
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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 2020 (2025-2026) — Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2020.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2020-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2020-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#8) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Berg — primary (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-27** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
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- **2025-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 401, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2026. `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/5cf48357-448a-4bb5-bf9c-650e63618000`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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