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WA SB 6244

enacted

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.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 6244 pass?

Yes. WA SB 6244 has been enacted into law. 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
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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

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-23

    Chapter 164, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-23

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-13

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-12

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-12

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2026-03-03

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

    reading-2

  10. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-03-02

    FIN - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-03-02

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.

  14. 2026-02-26

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.

  15. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to Finance.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  17. 2026-02-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2026-02-12

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  19. 2026-02-09

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  20. 2026-02-09

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  21. 2026-02-09

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-02-09

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  23. 2026-01-26

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

  24. 2026-01-20

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    reading-1,referral-committee

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

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