HB 1355 — Tax compacts/capital invest.
HB 1355 was introduced in the 2025-26 Washington legislative session by Representative Berg. It became law.
- 2025-26 session
- House
- Became law
- 1 public hearing
- Sponsor: Berg
Source Washington State Legislature web services: legislation, hearings and roll calls · as of 2026-09-09 · introduced 2025-01-17
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Where it stopped
Became law
- Last recorded action
- Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Session law
- C 136 L 25 — chapter and year in the session laws
- Last committee
- Senate Ways & Means — the last committee with this bill on an agenda
- Public hearing
- Yes — 1 on record — a public hearing is where testimony is taken; an executive session is where a committee votes
Source WA Legislature bill history — every row links to the chamber record that establishes it · as of 2026-09-09 · how a stop point is read
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What it would do
The Legislature’s own description. We do not paraphrase legislation.
Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.
Legal title AN ACT Relating to modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment;
Source WA Legislature bill digest and text, quoted whole · as of 2026-09-09 · edits none — we write no summary of our own
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The votes
Recorded floor votes. Committee votes are in the hearing record below.
HOUSE · 2025-03-20
3rd Reading & Final Passage
71
yea
24
nay
3
absent or excused
| Caucus | Yea | Nay | Absent or excused | Members voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDemocratic | 57 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| RRepublican | 14 | 24 | 1 | 39 |
| Total | 71 | 24 | 3 | 98 |
98 of 98 seats recorded — the columns add to the chamber.
Members who voted against their caucus majority
Listed because they are the part of the roll call a party-line summary hides. Crossing a caucus is a description of this vote, not a virtue or a betrayal, and we attach no label to it.
- RRepublican Abbarno LD 20 YEA
- RRepublican Barkis LD 2 YEA
- RRepublican Chase LD 4 YEA
- RRepublican Couture LD 35 YEA
- RRepublican Griffey LD 35 YEA
- RRepublican Klicker LD 16 YEA
- RRepublican Ley LD 18 YEA
- RRepublican Marshall LD 2 YEA
- RRepublican McEntire LD 19 YEA
- RRepublican Rude LD 16 YEA
- RRepublican Valdez LD 26 YEA
- RRepublican Walsh LD 19 YEA
- RRepublican Waters LD 17 YEA
- RRepublican Ybarra LD 13 YEA
HOUSE · 2025-03-20
Final Passage on Reconsideration
72
yea
23
nay
3
absent or excused
| Caucus | Yea | Nay | Absent or excused | Members voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDemocratic | 57 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| RRepublican | 15 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| Total | 72 | 23 | 3 | 98 |
98 of 98 seats recorded — the columns add to the chamber.
Members who voted against their caucus majority
Listed because they are the part of the roll call a party-line summary hides. Crossing a caucus is a description of this vote, not a virtue or a betrayal, and we attach no label to it.
- RRepublican Abbarno LD 20 YEA
- RRepublican Barkis LD 2 YEA
- RRepublican Chase LD 4 YEA
- RRepublican Couture LD 35 YEA
- RRepublican Griffey LD 35 YEA
- RRepublican Klicker LD 16 YEA
- RRepublican Ley LD 18 YEA
- RRepublican Marshall LD 2 YEA
- RRepublican McEntire LD 19 YEA
- RRepublican Rude LD 16 YEA
- RRepublican Stokesbary LD 31 YEA
- RRepublican Valdez LD 26 YEA
- RRepublican Walsh LD 19 YEA
- RRepublican Waters LD 17 YEA
- RRepublican Ybarra LD 13 YEA
SENATE · 2025-04-09
3rd Reading & Final Passage
40
yea
8
nay
1
absent or excused
| Caucus | Yea | Nay | Absent or excused | Members voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDemocratic | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| RRepublican | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| Total | 40 | 8 | 1 | 49 |
49 of 49 seats recorded — the columns add to the chamber.
Members who voted against their caucus majority
Listed because they are the part of the roll call a party-line summary hides. Crossing a caucus is a description of this vote, not a virtue or a betrayal, and we attach no label to it.
- RRepublican Boehnke LD 8 NAY
- RRepublican Christian LD 4 NAY
- RRepublican Dozier LD 16 NAY
- RRepublican MacEwen LD 35 NAY
- RRepublican Schoesler LD 9 NAY
- RRepublican Short LD 7 NAY
- RRepublican Warnick LD 13 NAY
- RRepublican Wilson, J. LD 19 NAY
Sources WA Legislature roll-call archive (floor); chamber roster for party · as of 2026-09-09 · rows 3 recorded votes · key member id printed on the roll call, joined to the chamber roster — never a surname · seats the denominator is the constitutional chamber, 98 House and 49 Senate, not our roster · note committee votes are published as sign-off sheets, not roll calls, and are not counted here
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Sponsors
Who put their name to the bill. The Legislature records a prime sponsor on the bill status; the full co-sponsor roster appears only in the introduced bill text, which we have not ingested.
Prime sponsor
Berg
as printed the sponsor line on the bill status record · introduced in the House. A committee substitute prints the committee here, with the originating member in parentheses.
The co-sponsor roster is not on this page. We hold the prime sponsor the Legislature prints on the bill status, not the list of co-sponsors, which is published only in the introduced bill text we have not ingested. A co-sponsor count here would be a number no record we hold contains.
Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-09-09
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The hearing record
Every committee meeting where this bill appeared on the agenda. Public is where testimony is taken; Executive is where the committee votes. Anyone may register a position on a bill before its hearing without speaking. Those sign-ins are a public record of who showed up — they are not a poll, not a sample of the state, and not a measure of public opinion. They count the people who knew the hearing was happening.
| Date | Type | Committee | Chamber |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Public | House Finance | House |
| 2025-02-04 | Executive | House Finance | House |
| 2025-04-03 | Executive | Senate Ways & Means | Senate |
House Finance, public hearing · 2025-01-30
31 sign-ins · 6 testified in person · bars share one scale, longest = 17
Source WA Legislature committee hearing records and committee sign-in (CSI) sheets · as of 2026-09-09 · rows 1 public, 2 executive · sign-ins 31, counted per hearing from the committee sign-in sheets; names are on the sheet and are not published · note a sign-in is a position registered before the hearing, in person or online; it is not testimony and not a vote · how hearings are read
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What changed between versions
Only one version on file. The bill was never substituted or engrossed, or the legislation service returns only the surviving version for this session — for completed biennia it usually returns the latter.
Last checked 2026-09-09
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On the record · 1
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HB 1355 as introduced, 2025-26 — bill summary, WA State Legislature · as of 2025-01-17
Nothing on file
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Checked 2026-09-09
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Common questions
- What happened to HB 1355?
- HB 1355 became law. The Legislature’s status record places it at “C 136 L 25” — its chapter and year in the session laws.
- Who sponsored HB 1355?
- The prime sponsor of record is Berg, as printed on the bill status. This page does not list co-sponsors — that roster is published only in the introduced bill text, which we have not ingested.
- What would HB 1355 do?
- In the Legislature’s own description: “Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.” We quote the official language rather than summarising, because a paraphrase of legislation is an interpretation.
- Was there a recorded vote on HB 1355?
- Yes. 3 recorded floor votes appear on this page, member counts and all. Committee votes are held separately as scanned sign-off sheets and are not counted here.
- Did HB 1355 get a public hearing?
- Yes — 1 public hearing is on record. A public hearing is where testimony is taken; it is not the committee vote, which happens in an executive session.
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“HB 1355 — Tax compacts/capital invest.,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-09, accessed 2026-09-19. https://washingtonindependents.org/bill/2025-26-hb-1355/
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