CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258
Chapter 348, Laws of 2023
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
STATEWIDE TOURISM MARKETING ACCOUNT—MATCHING FUNDS RATIO
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House April 20, 2023 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 96 Nays 0
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
LAURIE JINKINS State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of certify that the attached is
Representatives SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2023
Yeas 49 Nays 0
BERNARD DEAN
DENNY HECK Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Approved May 9, 2023 10:45 AM FILED
May 10, 2023
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ryu,
Volz, Steele, Walen, Reeves, Waters, Chambers, Reed, Christian,
Cortes, Callan, Schmidt, Barkis, and Fosse)
READ FIRST TIME 02/13/23.
1 AN ACT Relating to increasing tourism to Washington state through
2 enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing
3 necessary match requirements; and amending RCW 43.384.040.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 Sec. 1. RCW 43.384.040 and 2018 c 275 s 5 are each amended to
6 read as follows:
7 The statewide tourism marketing account is created in the state
8 treasury. All receipts from tax revenues under RCW 82.08.225 must be
9 deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only
10 after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only
11 for expenditures of the department that are related to implementation
12 of a statewide tourism marketing program and operation of the
13 authority. A ((two-to-one)) one-to-one nonstate or state fund, other
14 than general fund state, match must be provided for all expenditures
15 from the account. A match may consist of nonstate or state fund,
16 other than general fund state, cash contributions deposited in the
17 private local account created under RCW 43.384.020(4), the value of
18 an advertising equivalency contribution, or an in-kind contribution.
19 The board must determine criteria for what qualifies as an in-kind
20 contribution.
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Passed by the House April 20, 2023.
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2023.
Approved by the Governor May 9, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 2023.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 43.384.040, 82.08.225
Substitute Bill: 43.384.040, 82.08.225
Bill as Passed Legislature: 43.384.040
Session Law: 43.384.040