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+type: "Bill"
+title: "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."
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 6244"
+citation: "Washington SB 6244 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-20"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18fe1361-b750-4d0f-b8d4-8f65b4b853cd"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6244&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "8f728708089d7390a39bc199bd73ffef8af67c3cca0f341627b28b9a125c4ff5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 6244 (2025-2026) — 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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6244.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6244.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Torres — primary (person)
+- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **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. `reading-2`
+- **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. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **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. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 164, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18fe1361-b750-4d0f-b8d4-8f65b4b853cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+