Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESB 6228: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies.)
Signed into law: Chapter 265, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Frame
- Introduced
- January 20, 2026
- Status
- C 265 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2027. (April 1, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Repeals the preferential business and occupation (B&O) tax rate for warehousing and reselling prescription drugs. Creates a preferential B&O tax rate for critical access pharmacies.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 11, 202652 yea · 42 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202625 yea · 23 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 12, 202626 yea · 23 nay
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