HB 2081 — Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-16
AN ACT Relating to funding public schools, including higher education, health care, social services, and other programs and services to benefit Washingtonians by modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies with annual revenues with more than $250,000,000;
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Fitzgibbon, Joe (D, WA-34) — sponsor · 2025-04-16
- Peterson, Strom (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Parshley, Lisa (D, WA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Scott, Shaun (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Berry, Liz (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
- Macri, Nicole (D, WA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-04-16
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · house — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Placed on second reading.
- · house — FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · house — Placed on second reading.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · house — Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- · house — Held on calendar.
- · house — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · house — WM - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Minority; do not pass.
- · 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, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 420, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025*.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-16 | Berry, Liz | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Fitzgibbon, Joe | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Macri, Nicole | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Parshley, Lisa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Peterson, Strom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-16 | Scott, Shaun | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Fitzgibbon, Joe (D, state_lower WA-34) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Berry, Liz (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Macri, Nicole (D, state_lower WA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Parshley, Lisa (D, state_lower WA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Peterson, Strom (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Scott, Shaun (D, state_lower WA-43) | 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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- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Scott, Shaun (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · sponsored by Fitzgibbon, Joe (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Berry, Liz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Parshley, Lisa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Macri, Nicole (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-16 · cosponsored by Peterson, Strom (cosponsor) · sponsorship