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

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5794 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5794 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. 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: —
Latest action: 2025-05-20 — Effective date 1/1/2026*.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-03-21
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-31
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-04-18
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
2025-04-18
WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-04-18
Minority; do not pass.
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2025-04-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-19
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-19
1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).
substitution
2025-04-19
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-19
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-19
Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2025-04-21
First reading, referred to Finance.
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2025-04-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
2025-04-22
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM.
2025-04-22
FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-22
Minority; do not pass.
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2025-04-22
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2025-04-23
Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
2025-04-23
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-23
Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-04-24
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2025-04-24
Passed final passage; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-04-25
President signed.
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2025-04-26
Speaker signed.
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2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-05-20
Governor partially vetoed.
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2025-05-20
Chapter 423, 2025 Laws PV.
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2025-05-20
Effective date 1/1/2026*.
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Versions

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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

Related bills

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Official source

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

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