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Legislative Tracker

Curated Washington tax bills, topics, status, and official movement.

This tracker turns official Washington Legislature bill activity into issue-level records for tax professionals. It groups companion bill activity, highlights tax topics and fiscal note flags, and keeps the latest official movement close to the source link.

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What we're tracking

Individual bills we track, each with its own number (e.g. HB 1998, SB 5774).

326

Bills

Related bills grouped by topic — House and Senate companion bills count as one issue.

243

Issues

Broad subject areas the issues fall under — B&O tax, property tax, REET, and so on.

22

Topics

Where they stand

243 tracked issues
Issues signed into law this session.

43

Enacted

Issues still moving through the legislature — not yet enacted.

200

Active / pending

Activity & fiscal notes

Official steps logged on the bills — readings, hearings, governor action. Counts activity, not bills.

258

Official actions

OFM fiscal-note packages estimating each bill's budget impact.

285

Fiscal notes

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Showing 1–20 of 200 matching tracked issues covering 252 bills.

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HB 1480HB 2227SHB 1867SSB 5647REETActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Affordable housing/REET

Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SSB 5647 - Affordable housing/REET

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 3 monitored events

Official bill status

HB 1480 · H Finance

HB 2227 · H Finance

SHB 1867 · H Finance

SSB 5647 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77531 · Mar 10, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$12K
2027-29
$27K
2029-31
$7K
Operating
2025-27
$82K
2027-29
$70K
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
REETExcise taxGeneral taxTax preference
Monitor sources

Status Change

ESHB 1717SB 5591Sales/use taxActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Affordable housing/sales tax

Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: ESHB 1717 - Affordable housing/sales tax

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · H Rules 3C · 5 monitored events

Official bill status

ESHB 1717 · H Rules 3C

SB 5591 · S Housing

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 72494 · Feb 6, 2025

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$7.1M
2029-31
$7.5M
Operating
2025-27
$1.1M
2027-29
$966K
2029-31
$926K
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Latest OFM package is Final · Package 77012; amounts shown from the newest parseable package.

Tax signals
Sales/use taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SSB 6343Emergency tax reliefActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Atmospheric river/tax relief

Providing tax relief to Washington residents impacted by the atmospheric river and winter weather event.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SSB 6343 - Atmospheric river/tax relief

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 4 monitored events

Official bill status

SSB 6343 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77293 · Feb 27, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Operating
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
General tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SB 6297Healthcare taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Behavioral health staffing

Making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SB 6297 - Behavioral health staffing

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 5 monitored events

Official bill status

SB 6297 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 76427 · Feb 6, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$507K
2027-29
$1.2M
2029-31
$1.3M
Operating
2025-27
$38K
2027-29
$10K
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Sales/use taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

ESSB 6129Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Cigarettes, nicotine/tax

Concerning the taxation of cigarettes and other nicotine products. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other products containing tobacco or nicotine.)

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: ESSB 6129 - Cigarettes, nicotine/tax

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 6 monitored events

Official bill status

ESSB 6129 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77476 · Mar 6, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$523K
2027-29
$106.3M
2029-31
$131.1M
Operating
2025-27
$2.2M
2027-29
$3.3M
2029-31
$2.5M
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Tobacco/vapor taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SHB 2140SSB 5983Property taxActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Current use land/sale to gov

Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SHB 2140 - Current use land/sale to gov

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · H Rules 3C · 10 monitored events

Official bill status

SHB 2140 · H Rules 3C

SSB 5983 · S Rules X

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77532 · Mar 10, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Operating
2025-27
$30K
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
General tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SHB 2650Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Excise tax administration

Concerning notifications and effective dates for department of revenue administration of certain excise taxes.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SHB 2650 - Excise tax administration

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · H Rules 3C · 4 monitored events

Official bill status

SHB 2650 · H Rules 3C

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77192 · Feb 25, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
Excise taxDORGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SB 6114Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Excise tax/fixture defined

Defining the terms "fixture" and "affixed" for excise tax purposes.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SB 6114 - Excise tax/fixture defined

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 2 monitored events

Official bill status

SB 6114 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Revised · Package 75521 · Jan 22, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$35K
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
Excise taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SB 6006Sales/use taxActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Food banks/sales tax

Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SB 6006 - Food banks/sales tax

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 5 monitored events

Official bill status

SB 6006 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Revised · Package 77025 · Feb 18, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$210K
2027-29
$479K
2029-31
$518K
Operating
2025-27
$20K
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Sales/use taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

SSB 6351Sales/use taxActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

School sales tax exemptions

Increasing fiscal resources for students and children by providing targeted sales tax exemptions for schools and certain before-and-after school care programs and arts and cultural classes.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SSB 6351 - School sales tax exemptions

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules 3 · 6 monitored events

Official bill status

SSB 6351 · S Rules 3

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77536 · Mar 10, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$15.3M
2027-29
$34.6M
2029-31
$36.5M
Operating
2025-27
$132K
2027-29
$97K
2029-31
$87K
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
Sales/use taxTax preferenceGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, New Bill, Status Change

SB 5970SHB 2133Property taxActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Senior citizen centers/tax

Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SHB 2133 - Senior citizen centers/tax

Mar 12, 2026 · Status Change · H Rules 3C · 8 monitored events

Official bill status

SB 5970 · S Rules 3

SHB 2133 · H Rules 3C

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77309 · Feb 28, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$4K
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Property taxTax preferenceGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

HB 2347Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Luxury aircraft tax

Reducing the impact of the luxury aircraft tax.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: HB 2347 - Luxury aircraft tax

Mar 10, 2026 · Status Change · H Rules R · 3 monitored events

Official bill status

HB 2347 · H Rules R

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 75902 · Jan 29, 2026

OFM fiscal note

OFM fiscal note package found; no clean rollup totals were available.

Tax signals
General tax
Monitor sources

Hearing, Status Change

HB 2745Insurance taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Insurance premium taxes

Increasing temporarily insurance premium taxes on insurers to fund health insurance premium assistance.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: HB 2745 - Insurance premium taxes

Feb 28, 2026 · Status Change · H Finance · 2 monitored events

Official bill status

HB 2745 · H Finance

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77485 · Mar 6, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$385.4M
2027-29
$28.3M
2029-31
$0
Operating
2025-27
$41.3M
2027-29
$41.3M
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
General tax
Monitor sources

New Bill, Status Change

HB 2743HB 2746Property taxActive / pending

State property tax reduction

Reducing state property taxes.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: HB 2746 - State property tax reduction

Feb 28, 2026 · Status Change · H Finance · 4 monitored events

Official bill status

HB 2743 · H Finance

HB 2746 · H Finance

Tax signals
Property taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

New Bill, Status Change

HB 2528SB 6211REETActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Real estate excise taxes/GMA

Creating uniformity for the process by which cities planning under the growth management act implement real estate excise taxes.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SB 6211 - Real estate excise taxes/GMA

Feb 26, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules X

Official bill status

HB 2528 · H Rules R

SB 6211 · S Rules X

Fiscal note impact

Revised · Package 76295 · Feb 4, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$111K
2027-29
$154K
2029-31
$150K
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
REETGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Status Change

HB 2066HB 2742Sales/use taxActive / pending

Sales tax holiday

Providing financial relief for families by establishing a sales tax and use tax holiday.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: HB 2742 - Sales tax holiday

Feb 26, 2026 · Status Change · H Finance · 2 monitored events

Official bill status

HB 2066 · H Finance

HB 2742 · H Finance

Tax signals
Sales/use taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

New Bill, Status Change

SB 6256Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Unoccupied housing/tax

Concerning tax exemptions for unoccupied property used for affordable housing that is owned by a nonprofit entity.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SB 6256 - Unoccupied housing/tax

Feb 26, 2026 · Status Change · S Rules X

Official bill status

SB 6256 · S Rules X

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 76533 · Feb 8, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$4K
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Tax preferenceGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Status Change

SHB 2382Excise and specialty taxesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Tobacco product excise taxes

Concerning excise taxes on cigarettes, vapor products, and tobacco products.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tax bill status activity: SHB 2382 - Tobacco product excise taxes

Feb 24, 2026 · Status Change · H Approps

Official bill status

SHB 2382 · H Approps

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 76926 · Feb 17, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Receipts
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$123.6M
2029-31
$119.8M
Operating
2025-27
$1.4M
2027-29
$4.1M
2029-31
$3.2M
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0

Includes indeterminate agency impacts.

Tax signals
Tobacco/vapor taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Status Change

HB 2738HJR 4213Income tax / high earnersActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Income tax

Establishing an income tax on individuals with Washington taxable income over $1,000,000 per year and households with income over $2,000,000 per year.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tracked tax bill: HB 2738 - Income tax

Feb 19, 2026 · Tracked Bill · H Finance

Official bill status

HB 2738 · H Finance

HJR 4213 · H Finance

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 77357 · Mar 2, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$1.1M
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
General tax
Monitor sources

Tracked Bill

SHB 2006Economic development tax preferencesActive / pendingOFM fiscal note

Industrial land banks

Extending the deadline for a rural county collecting the sales and use tax for economic development purposes to designate industrial land banks under the growth management act.

Official bill
Latest official movement

Tracked tax bill: SHB 2006 - Industrial land banks

Feb 19, 2026 · Tracked Bill · H Rules X

Official bill status

SHB 2006 · H Rules X

Fiscal note impact

Final · Package 75353 · Jan 20, 2026

OFM fiscal note
Operating
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Capital
2025-27
$0
2027-29
$0
2029-31
$0
Tax signals
Sales/use taxGeneral tax
Monitor sources

Tracked Bill

Built from official Washington Legislature monitor data. Last monitor sync: May 23, 2026 · 326 tracked tax bills · 258 official events · 285 OFM fiscal notes