House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SHB 2140: Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Low
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Exempts land sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax when the land is removed from an open space classification in certain circumstances.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 17, 202697 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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