WA People
BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1560: Hospital exec. excise tax

Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees.

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Julia Reed (D-36)
Introduced
January 23, 2025 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2026
Companion bill
SB 5638
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Julia Reed (D-36)

19 co-sponsors (19 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mary Fosse D-38Sharlett Mena D-29Darya Farivar D-46Mia Gregerson D-33Lisa Parshley D-22Nicole Macri D-43Liz Berry D-36Edwin Obras D-33Cindy Ryu D-32Shaun Scott D-43Strom Peterson D-21Shelley Kloba D-1Greg Nance D-23Alex Ramel D-40Osman Salahuddin D-48Timm Ormsby D-3Gerry Pollet D-46Natasha Hill D-3Tarra Simmons D-23

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Finance.

HB 1560 in other sessions

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

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