Public Hearing: HB 1846 – Providing a tax preference for rural and nonrural data centers; HB 1459 – Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive; HB 1473 – Providing a tax preference for data centers in counties with a certain population; HB 2018 – Creating a three-day shop local and save sales and use tax holiday to benefit all Washington families for certain items $1,000 or less during the month of September.
Executive Session: HB 1643 – Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax; HB 1035 – Providing local governments with options to grant rent relief and preserve affordable housing in their communities; HB 1841 – Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households; HB 1924 – Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.
