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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 2081: Business and occupation 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 2081 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on April 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Joe Fitzgibbon (D). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 20, 2025): Governor signed.

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Official title

AN ACT Relating to funding public schools, including higher education, health care, social services, and other programs and services to benefit Washingtonians by 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 with annual revenues with more than $250,000,000;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe FitzgibbonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Liz BerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Strom PetersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Shaun ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43

“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 420, 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, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  9. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  10. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  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