Washington Senate Bill 5581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-14 - Effective date 3/14/2019*.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019.

Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019.

Sen. Christine Rolfes [D]	Sen. John Braun [R]	Sen. Reuven Carlyle [D]	Sen. Karen Keiser [D]
Sen. Rebecca Saldana [D]

2019-03-11 - Senate - Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House (Y: 37 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-08 - House - House Final Passage as Amended by the House (Y: 58 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage (Y: 33 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	Senate	Effective date 3/14/2019*.
2019-03-14	Senate	Chapter 8, 2019 Laws.
2019-03-14	Senate	Governor signed.
2019-03-12	Senate	Delivered to Governor.
2019-03-11	House	Speaker signed.
2019-03-11	Senate	President signed.
2019-03-11	Senate	Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1.
2019-03-11	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments.
2019-03-08	House	Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4.
2019-03-08	House	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
2019-03-08	House	Committee amendment
2019-03-01	House	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
2019-02-28	House	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
2019-02-25	House	Minority; do not pass.
2019-02-25	House	FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment
2019-02-25	House	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2019-02-21	House	Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2019-02-18	House	First reading, referred to Finance.
2019-02-15	Senate	Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3.
2019-02-15	Senate	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
2019-02-15	Senate	1st substitute bill substituted
2019-02-12	Senate	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2019-02-07	Senate	Minority; without recommendation.
2019-02-07	Senate	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
2019-02-07	Senate	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
2019-02-04	Senate	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
2019-01-24	Senate	First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

HB1890 (Crossfiled) 2020-01-13 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Type	Source
Summary	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5581&Year=2019&Initiative=false
Text	http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/5581.pdf
Text	http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/5581-S.pdf
Text	http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Senate Passed Legislature/5581-S.PL.pdf
Text	http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session Laws/Senate/5581-S.SL.pdf
Roll Call	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/rollcall/vote?legId=118465&chamber=Senate&actionHistoryDate=02-15-2019&indexOnDayByChamber=1&billNumber=5581&isInit=False&biennium=2019-20
Roll Call	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/rollcall/vote?legId=118465&chamber=House&actionHistoryDate=03-08-2019&indexOnDayByChamber=1&billNumber=5581&isInit=False&biennium=2019-20
Roll Call	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/rollcall/vote?legId=118465&chamber=Senate&actionHistoryDate=03-11-2019&indexOnDayByChamber=1&billNumber=5581&isInit=False&biennium=2019-20