Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESSB 5252 — Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.
Signed into law — Chapter 67, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Shewmake
- Introduced
- February 6, 2025
- Status
- C 67 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 16, 2026)
What this bill does
Removes the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit assembly halls and meeting places.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202696 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202547 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 21, 202648 yea · 1 nay
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