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HB 2100: Payroll expense tax
Data last updated: bill actions through Aug 23, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)
Enacting an excise tax on large operating companies on the amount of payroll expenses above the minimum wage threshold of the additional medicare tax to fund services to benefit Washingtonians and establishing the Well Washington fund account.
- Prime sponsor
- Shaun Scott
- Introduced
- Jan 12, 2026
- Status
- First reading, referred to Finance. (Jan 12, 2026)
- The Legislature's page
- HB 2100 on leg.wa.gov
Floor votes
No floor roll call on file (it didn't pass a chamber, or it was decided without one).
Who lobbied on it 29
| Employer | Lobbyists | To 2026 candidates |
|---|---|---|
| WA ST BUDGET & POLICY CENTER | 4 | — |
| WA Hospitality Assn | 3 | $39,600 |
| ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTE | 2 | — |
| Lavender Rights Project | 2 | — |
| ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS (WESTERN WA CHAPTER) | 1 | — |
| Americans for Prosperity | 1 | — |
| BOEING | 1 | $6,000 |
| BOISE CASCADE COMPANY | 1 | — |
| Economic Opportunity Institute | 1 | — |
| FAITH ACTION NETWORK | 1 | — |
| FPIW Action | 1 | — |
| GENERAL MOTORS LLC | 1 | — |
| Graduate & Professional Student Senate | 1 | — |
| HF Sinclair | 1 | — |
| House Our Neighbors | 1 | — |
| NATL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS | 1 | — |
| NINTENDO OF AMERICA | 1 | — |
| NW GROCERY ASSN | 1 | $3,400 |
| OneRedmond | 1 | — |
| PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA | 1 | $7,500 |
| QLaw Foundation of Washington | 1 | — |
| Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy | 1 | — |
| STARBUCKS | 1 | — |
| STATEWIDE POVERTY ACTION NETWORK | 1 | — |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | 1 | $17,150 |
| Southwest Washington Contractors Association | 1 | — |
| The Arc of King County | 1 | — |
| Thurston County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | — |
| WA TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSN | 1 | $1,200 |
Lobbying reports name a bill number, not a position on it or a version of it. Money: what each employer (as a donor to two or more 2026 candidates) gave to the 2026 campaigns of the members who voted yea or nay on the bill's latest final passage in each chamber.