SB 5252 — Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-14
AN ACT Relating to removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places;
Latest action: 2025-03-12 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — sponsor · 2025-01-14
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-14
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · senate — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — FIN - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Rules suspended.
- · senate — Returned to second reading for amendment.
- · senate — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
- · senate — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · senate — FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — FIN - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 67, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-14 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-14 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-14 | Shewmake, Sharon | 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 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | 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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- 2025-01-14 · sponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-14 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-14 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship