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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2946: Financial costs by state

Reducing the financial costs imposed by the state government on working Washington families.

Summary

  • Conditionally enacts all sections of Initiative 976, except for the repeal of the 0.3 percent sales tax on motor vehicle purchases that is deposited into the Multimodal Transportation Account.
  • Transfers an increasing portion of the state sales and use tax on vehicles sales, which increases to one-third of the total amount collected beginning on July 1, 2023, to the Motor Vehicle Fund and Multimodal Transportation Account.
  • Exempts diapers, diaper services, feminine hygiene products, breast pumps and related goods and services, and prepared food sold by grocery stores from the sales and use tax.

From the House Bill Analysis 2020 (HB 2946), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 20, 2020
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Drew Stokesbary (R-31)
Introduced
February 20, 2020 in the House
Last action
February 20, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to reducing the financial costs imposed by the state government on working Washington families;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Drew Stokesbary (R-31)

39 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 39 Republicans)

J.T. Wilcox R-2Ed Orcutt R-20Andrew Barkis R-2Drew MacEwen R-35Dan Griffey R-35Gina Mosbrucker R-14Morgan Irwin R-31Mike Steele R-12Jenny Graham R-6Norma Smith R-10Kelly Chambers R-25Jacquelin Maycumber R-7Matt Boehnke R-8Joel Kretz R-7Keith Goehner R-12Chris Corry R-14Chris Gildon R-25Representative R-39Brandon Vick R-18Paul Harris R-17Larry Hoff R-18Bruce Chandler R-15Carolyn Eslick R-39Mike Volz R-6Alex Ybarra R-13Jim Walsh R-19Bill Jenkin R-16Joe Schmick R-9Tom Dent R-13Luanne Van Werven R-42Brad Klippert R-8Jeremie Dufault R-15Michelle Valdez R-26Vicki Kraft R-17Mary Dye R-9Bob McCaslin R-4Skyler Rude R-16Richard DeBolt R-20Representative R-26

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 2946 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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