HB 1983 — Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-17
AN ACT Relating to the definition of timberland for the purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity;
Latest action: 2026-03-24 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Sponsors
- Tharinger, Steve (D, WA-24) — sponsor · 2025-02-17
- Bernbaum, Adam (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-17
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · house — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — FIN - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- · house — Referred to Finance.
- · house — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — FIN - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- · house — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · house — WM - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Minority; without recommendation.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 171, 2026 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-17 | Bernbaum, Adam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-17 | Tharinger, Steve | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tharinger, Steve (D, state_lower WA-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bernbaum, Adam (D, state_lower WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-17 · sponsored by Tharinger, Steve (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-17 · cosponsored by Bernbaum, Adam (cosponsor) · sponsorship