---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law."
description: "Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5794"
citation: "Washington SB 5794 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-21"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca6b414e-5229-4993-8cfc-2b81cd231d7f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5794&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2ea0f8ad7d3e5fc20760f9b39facd07c7dc1b192f8dd326e903b31cf5e0ebb5c"
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 5794 (2025-2026) — Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law.

## 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/5794.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5794-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5794-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5794-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 442 Braun Pg 26 Ln 9 (#8) — **20–28** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **53–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-21** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **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. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **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. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 423, 2025 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca6b414e-5229-4993-8cfc-2b81cd231d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).