H-2599.1
HOUSE BILL 2167
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Couture, Jacobsen, Chase, Ley, Schmidt, Abbarno, Marshall, Barkis, Barnard, Dye, Rude, McClintock, Graham, Valdez, Schmick, and Manjarrez
Prefiled 12/18/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Finance.
AN ACT Relating to keeping the legislature's promises by reducing the sales tax in the event of an income tax or a tax on individual earnings; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that Washington is now the fourth most expensive state in the nation to live in and that many residents are struggling to make ends meet under the weight of rising housing, transportation, and everyday living costs. Meaningful tax relief, rather than additional taxation, is necessary to help Washington families remain stable and financially secure.
(2) The legislature also finds that ever-increasing taxes imposed at every level of government only makes this affordability crisis worse. Layering new taxes onto already overburdened households and businesses accelerates the cost of living, suppresses economic opportunity, and makes it harder for employers to retain and hire workers. The state already collects more than enough revenue to fund essential services, and that continued revenue growth demonstrates that the problem is not a lack of funding but a lack of responsible fiscal restraint. We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.