WA SB 6244
enactedExtending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WA SB 6244 pass?
Yes. WA SB 6244 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Effective date 6/11/2026.
What is WA SB 6244 about?
WA SB 6244 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 6244?
Torres is the primary sponsor of WA SB 6244, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Torresprimary
- Doziercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-20
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-09
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-09
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-09
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-12
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2026-02-16
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-16
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-26
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2026-03-02
FIN - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-03
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2026-03-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2026-03-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2026-03-12
President signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-13
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-23
Governor signed.
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2026-03-23
Chapter 164, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-23
Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)
2026-02-16 · pass · 48-1
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)
2026-03-12 · pass · 79-18
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: other
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: no
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
Related bills
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