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HB2742 • 2026

Sales tax holiday

Providing financial relief for families by establishing a sales tax and use tax holiday.

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Couture, Representative Keaton, Representative Connors, Representative Penner, Representative Manjarrez, Representative Dye, Representative Marshall
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
H Finance
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Sales tax holiday

Sales tax holiday

What This Bill Does

  • Sales tax holiday

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 House

    First reading, referred to Finance.

Official Summary Text

Sales tax holiday

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to providing financial relief for families by 1
establishing a sales tax and use tax holiday; adding a new section to 2
chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and 3
creating a new section. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 6
RCW to read as follows: 7
(1) Subject to the conditions and limitations provided in this 8
section, this chapter does not apply to sales of qualified items 9
purchased by an individual each year between 12:00 a.m. on the Friday 10
immediately following Thanksgiving Day, and 11:59 p.m. on the Monday 11
following Thanksgiving Day. 12
(2) For the purposes of this section, "qualified item" means any 13
item with a sales price of $500 or less per item. 14
(3) The department must adopt rules for the administration of 15
this section and may adopt emergency rules. These rules must be 16
consistent with the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, to the 17
extent the department considers advisable, so long as the rules are 18
consistent with this section. The department must provide taxpayer 19
guidance regarding the sales and use tax holiday created in this 20
section and section 2 of this act. 21
H-3607.1
HOUSE BILL 2742
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Couture, Keaton, Connors, Penner, Manjarrez, Dye,
and Marshall
Read first time 02/26/26. Referred to Committee on Finance.
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 1
RCW to read as follows: 2
(1) Subject to the conditions and limitations provided in this 3
section, this chapter does not apply to the use of qualified items 4
purchased by an individual each year between 12:00 a.m. on the Friday 5
immediately following Thanksgiving Day, and 11:59 p.m. on the Monday 6
following Thanksgiving Day. 7
(2) For purposes of this section, "qualified item" means any item 8
with a sales price of $500 or less per item. 9
(3) The department must adopt rules for the administration of 10
this section and may adopt emergency rules. These rules must be 11
consistent with the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, to the 12
extent the department considers advisable, so long as the rules are 13
consistent with this section. The department must provide taxpayer 14
guidance regarding the sales and use tax holiday created in this 15
section and section 1 of this act. 16
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. RCW 82.32.805 and 82.32.808 do not apply 17
to this act.18
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