Concerning sales and use tax for cultural access programs.

 H-2648.2

HOUSE BILL 2194

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Parshley, Doglio, Reed, Zahn, and Fosse

Prefiled 12/24/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Finance.

AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax for cultural access programs; and amending RCW 82.14.525 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 82.14.525 and 2023 c 179 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The legislative authority of a county may impose a sales and use tax of up to one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax, for the purposes authorized under chapter 36.160 RCW. The legislative authority of the county may impose the sales and use tax by ordinance and may condition its imposition on the specific authorization of a majority of the voters voting on a proposition submitted at a special or general election held after June 30, 2016. The ordinance, or ordinance and ballot proposition, may provide for the tax to apply for a period of up to seven consecutive years.