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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1791: Local real estate excise tax

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1791 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax. Primary sponsor: Dave Paul (D). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2025): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave PaulPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Mari LeavittCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Sam LowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Greg NanceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Strom PetersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Larry SpringerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 159, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025*.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. WM - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; do not pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page