BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2019: Estate tax

Making the estate tax more progressive.

Summary

Increase the exclusion amount of the Washington estate tax to $3 million for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025.
Provides an updated reference to the Consumer Price Index to allow for annual inflation adjustments to the exclusion amount.
Increase the tax rates for Washington taxable estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 2019), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to making the estate tax more progressive;

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

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

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HB 2019 (2017–18) Overwater residences · Did not pass · died in committee
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HB 2019 (2013–14) Spirits sales & distribution · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2019 (2011–12) Additional cigarette tax · Enacted · Chapter 334, Laws of 2011
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