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WA SB 5794

enacted

Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did WA SB 5794 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5794 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 1/1/2026*.

What is WA SB 5794 about?

WA SB 5794 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5794?

Salomon is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5794, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 1/1/2026*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Salomonprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor
  • Ramoscosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor
  • Framecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 1/1/2026*.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 423, 2025 Laws PV.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-20

    Governor partially vetoed.

    executive-veto-line-item

  4. 2025-04-27

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-26

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-25

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-24

    Passed final passage; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  8. 2025-04-24

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  9. 2025-04-23

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-23

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-23

    Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

  12. 2025-04-23

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  13. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-04-22

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  15. 2025-04-22

    FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-04-22

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM.

  17. 2025-04-21

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.

  18. 2025-04-21

    First reading, referred to Finance.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-04-19

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-19

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-19

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  22. 2025-04-19

    1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

    substitution

  23. 2025-04-19

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  24. 2025-04-19

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  25. 2025-04-18

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  26. 2025-04-18

    WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  27. 2025-04-18

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.

  28. 2025-03-31

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  29. 2025-03-21

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 442 Braun Pg 26 Ln 9 (#8)

    2025-04-19 · fail · 20-28

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: no
    • Bateman: no
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: no
    • Conway: no
    • Cortes: no
    • Dhingra: no
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: no
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: no
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: no
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: no
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: no
    • Liias: no
    • Lovelett: no
    • Lovick: no
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: no
    • Orwall: no
    • Pedersen: no
    • Ramos: no
    • Riccelli: no
    • Robinson: no
    • Saldaña: no
    • Salomon: no
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: no
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: no
    • Stanford: no
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: no
    • Valdez: no
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: no
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)

    2025-04-19 · pass · 26-22

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: no
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: no
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: no
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13)

    2025-04-23 · pass · 53-45

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: no
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: no
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: no
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: no
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: no
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: no
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9)

    2025-04-24 · pass · 26-22

    Member-level votes (48)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: no
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: no
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: no
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5794&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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