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Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

Choosing a jurisdiction overrides the level. Stage is where the bill stands in its own jurisdiction's process. Direction is whether it expands or restricts benefits, recorded only where the reason can be read from the bill. Outcome is whether the instrument became law; catalog status is whether this catalog has been reconciled against it. None of this is legal advice, and a tracked item is a pointer to the official record rather than a substitute for reading it.

3 instruments in Washington. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

WashingtonState

Chapter 163, Laws of 2026 (ESSB 6162) Raised the property tax relief income thresholds and excluded CRSC from combined disposable income

Watching a later dateEnactedFigure moved

Signed Takes effect

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Scheduled for , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Raises the property tax relief income thresholds and excludes Combat-Related Special Compensation from income.

For taxes levied for collection in 2027: higher income thresholds as a share of county median household income, a $7,500 standard deduction per applicant, a deduction of up to $6,000 of long-term rental income, and exclusion of Combat-Related Special Compensation. Effective June 11, 2026.

Sponsor

  • Deborah KrishnadasanDemocratic, Senate, District 26

And 24 co-sponsors

Touches RCW 84.36.381 · RCW 84.36.383

Catalog entry

Official record

WashingtonState

Chapters 146 and 207, Laws of 2026 Two acts amending the veterans scoring preference without reference to each other

Catalog reconciledEnactedScope changed

Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Extends the scoring preference to the PHS and NOAA corps and accepts a predischarge certification.

Chapter 207 extends RCW 41.04.010 to members of the Public Health Service and NOAA commissioned corps; chapter 146 adds a claim on a predischarge certification issued within 120 days, with the DD-214 due within 30 days of discharge. The Code Reviser prints both under RCW 1.12.025.

Sponsor

  • Chris GildonRepublican, Senate, District 25

And 3 co-sponsors

Touches RCW 41.04.010

Catalog entry

Official record

WashingtonState

Chapter 200, Laws of 2025 (EHB 1106) Lowered the disabled veteran property tax exemption rating floor from 80 to 40 percent

Watching a later dateEnactedFigure moved

Signed Takes effect

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Scheduled for , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Lowers the disabled veteran property tax exemption rating floor from 80 to 40 percent.

Amended RCW 84.36.381 so a veteran receiving VA compensation at a combined service-connected evaluation of 40 percent or more qualifies, for taxes levied for collection in 2027 and thereafter. Approved May 7, 2025; effective July 27, 2025. There is no 60 percent step for 2026, which some secondary sites report.

Sponsor

  • Stephanie BarnardRepublican, House, District 8

And 13 co-sponsors

Touches RCW 84.36.381

Catalog entry

Official record

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