BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
SB 5646: Affordable housing/sales tax
Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing.
Summary
- Authorizes a county or city to impose a local sales tax, credited against the state sales tax, for affordable or supportive housing.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 25, 2019
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Patty Kuderer (D-48)
- Introduced
- January 25, 2019 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 2020
- Companion bill
- HB 1406
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Patty Kuderer (D-48)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Referred to Ways & Means.
- And refer to Ways & Means.
- HSA - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability.
SB 5646 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5646 (2025–26) Assaulting outreach workers
- SB 5646 (2023–24) Unattended children/vehicle
- SB 5646 (2021–22) Corrections/body scanners
- SB 5646 (2017–18) Resident'l habilitation ctrs
- SB 5646 (2015–16) SR 99 Alaskan Way viaduct
- SB 5646 (2013–14) High school equiv certifs
- SB 5646 (2011–12) Homelessness services access
- SB 5646 (2009–10) Process servers