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WA SB5983

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Marko Liias

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts landowners from additional "rollback" taxes when selling or transferring current use classified land (open space, farm/agricultural, or timberland) to a governmental entity, provided the transfer enables the landowner to develop other classified property for an eligible use under the same chapter

  • Limits the exemption to situations where the combined acreage removed from classification (both from development and from the government transfer) does not exceed 20 percent of the total classified land held immediately before the removals

  • Amends RCW 84.34.108 to add this new exemption to the existing list of circumstances where additional taxes, interest, and penalties are waived upon removal from current use classification

  • Excludes this tax preference from the standard tax preference performance statement requirements under RCW 82.32.805 and 82.32.808

Legislative Description

Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.

Last Action

Senate Rules "X" file.

2/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/23/2026
Local Government1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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