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WA-HB2655 — Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.

Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionWashingtonState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-02-06Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. (Committee materials)
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Community participation · Tax incentive / clawback

Gives affected residents a formal voice — hearings, comment periods, or benefit agreements — before or as a project proceeds. Lowers the public cost of building a data center, and can attach conditions or clawbacks that recover the benefit if commitments are not met.

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Issues named in the record

Tax Incentives

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

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Formal policy pathway

Ormsby

sponsored: Ormsby

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WA-HB2655 evidence graph

Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.

12 nodes · 11 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
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