Notice of Committee Passage of House Bill 1653

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HB 1653, titled AN ACT Relating to increasing the maximum tax rate for the voter-approved local sales and use tax for emergency communication systems and facilities, has been passed by the House Committee on Finance. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

REVENUE ESTIMATES

If the current counties that levy the emergency communication tax received voter-approval to increase the tax rate to 0.2 percent, emergency communication funding would increase by over $55 million in Fiscal Year 2020.

There is no direct impact on state revenues although the Department of Revenue retains 0.1 percent of collections to cover administrative costs of collecting local taxes.

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative Jeff Morris

Democrat

(360) 786-7970

Jeff.Morris@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Springer

Democrat

(360) 786-7822

Larry.Springer@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tina Orwall

Democrat

(360) 786-7834

Tina.Orwall@leg.wa.gov

Representative Sharon Wylie

Democrat

(360) 786-7924

Sharon.Wylie@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gael Tarleton

Democrat

(360) 786-7860

Gael.Tarleton@leg.wa.gov

Representative Noel Frame

Democrat

(360) 786-7814

Noel.Frame@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Chapman

Democrat

(360) 786-7916

Mike.Chapman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Nicole Macri

Democrat

(360) 786-7826

Nicole.Macri@leg.wa.gov

Representative Amy Walen

Democrat

(360) 786-7848

WALEN_AM@leg.wa.gov

The following legislators voted do not pass:

Representative Ed Orcutt

Republican

(360) 786-7990

Ed.Orcutt@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brandon Vick

Republican

(360) 786-7850

Brandon.Vick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jesse Young

Republican

(360) 786-7964

Jesse.Young@leg.wa.gov

Representative Drew Stokesbary

Republican

(360) 786-7846

Drew.Stokesbary@leg.wa.gov

Not voting:

Representative Gerry Pollet

Democrat

(360) 786-7886

Gerry.Pollet@leg.wa.gov

Representative Laurie Dolan

Democrat

(360) 786-7940

Laurie.Dolan@leg.wa.gov

Legislative Bill Information Website: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/

Initiative 960 Website: http://www.ofm.wa.gov/tax/default.asp