ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5775
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senator Slatter
AN ACT Relating to expanding local taxing authority to fund public safety and community protection focused programs and services; and amending RCW 82.14.450 and 82.14.340 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.14.450 and 2021 c 296 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) (( A )) (a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a county legislative authority may submit an authorizing proposition to the county voters at a primary or general election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The title of each ballot measure must clearly state the purposes for which the proposed sales and use tax will be used. The rate of tax under this section may not exceed (( three-tenths of one )) 0.3 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.
(b) A county legislative authority that adopts an ordinance or resolution to impose the tax under (a) of this subsection by January 1, 2028, may impose the tax under (a) of this subsection without submitting an authorizing proposition to the county voters at a primary or general election.