republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-2081.md

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Bill	Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.	Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2081	Washington HB 2081 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Fitzgibbon	4	27	18	2025-04-16	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a1f4f836-69c0-4e72-92a6-7f1935d57cc4	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2081&Year=2025&Initiative=false	78cf7681e468d2ef41d1070e64a6b3ed80a0a0b513fb15aba5bade354aa6e930	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2081 (2025-2026) — Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 1330 Abell Pg 41 Ln 39 (#2) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 477 Short Pg 31 Ln 32 (#12) — 19–29 (fail) · upper
• 1336 Griffey Pg 12 Ln 30 (#33) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 1332 Connors Pg 31 Ln 8 (#35) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 485 Muzzall Pg 8 Ln 34 (#9) — 19–29 (fail) · upper
• 1333 Waters Pg 12 Ln 7 (#32) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — 26–22 (pass) · upper
• 1349 Dent Pg 31 Ln 25 (#1) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• Motion to Place Measure on 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
• 1331 Caldier Pg 9 Ln 16 (#31) — 45–53 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• 502 MacEwen Pg 30 Ln 28 (#11) — 19–29 (fail) · upper
• 486 Braun Pg 41 Ln 32 (#16) — 21–27 (fail) · upper
• 1334 Manjarrez Pg 21 Ln 40 (#34) — 46–52 (fail) · lower
• 481 Christian Pg 30 Ln 28 (#10) — 19–29 (fail) · upper
• 489 Wagoner Pg 31 Ln 32 (#13) — 20–28 (fail) · upper
• 487 Warnick Pg 32 Ln 3 (#15) — 20–28 (fail) · upper
• 483 Muzzall Pg 32 Ln 3 (#14) — 21–27 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-04-16 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
• 2025-04-18 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-04-19 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-04-19 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-04-19 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-19 Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-21 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 25). substitution
• 2025-04-21 Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
• 2025-04-21 Held on calendar.
• 2025-04-22 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-22 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2025-04-23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-25 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-25 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-26 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-26 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-27 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 420, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 7/27/2025*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1f4f836-69c0-4e72-92a6-7f1935d57cc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).