Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESSB 6346 — Establishing a tax on millionaires.
Signed into law — Chapter 238, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Pedersen
- Introduced
- February 9, 2026
- Status
- C 238 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026*. (March 30, 2026)
What this bill does
Imposes a 9.90 percent tax on individual's receipt of income exceeding $1 million beginning in calendar year 2028. Dedicates 7 percent of revenues to city and county public defense services. Expands eligibility for the Working Families Tax Credit to include persons who are at least 18 years of age and who meet other eligibility requirements for the preference. Increases the business and occupation (B&O) tax credit for small businesses. Increases the B&O tax return filing threshold to $250,000. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products. Expires a B&O surcharge on businesses with gross income in excess of $250 million a year earlier. Repeals sales taxes on certain specified services, which were enacted in 2025 in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5814 beginning January 1, 2030. Exempts the individual income tax from a statutory prohibition on state and local income taxes.
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Floor votes
- House — Postpone Indefinitely · March 9, 202638 yea · 58 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2578 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 3 · March 9, 202640 yea · 56 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2568 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 6 · March 9, 202640 yea · 56 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2600 Reeves Pg 3 Ln 9 · March 9, 202659 yea · 37 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2549 Manjarrez Pg 3 Ln 12 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2591 Waters Pg 3 Ln 12 · March 9, 202642 yea · 53 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2539 Berg Pg 3 Ln 21 · March 9, 202694 yea · 1 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2585 Manjarrez Pg 4 Ln 22 · March 9, 202640 yea · 55 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2550 Ley Pg 5 Ln 15 · March 9, 202638 yea · 57 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2583 Dent Pg 5 Ln 15 · March 9, 202643 yea · 50 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2587 Stokesbary Pg 5 Ln 15 · March 9, 202640 yea · 53 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2555 Klicker Pg 5 Ln 17 · March 9, 202643 yea · 51 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2574 Barkis Pg 5 Ln 18 · March 9, 202641 yea · 53 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2546 Couture Pg 5 Ln 26 · March 9, 202638 yea · 56 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2547 Ley Pg 5 Ln 26 · March 9, 202638 yea · 56 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2565 Penner Pg 5 Ln 29 · March 9, 202639 yea · 55 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2552 Mendoza Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202641 yea · 54 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2576 Marshall Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202640 yea · 54 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2612 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202645 yea · 50 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2613 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202623 yea · 72 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2614 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2562 Rude Pg 6 Ln 8 · March 9, 202645 yea · 51 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2558 Jacobsen Pg 7 Ln 3 · March 9, 202642 yea · 54 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2595 Connors Pg 7 Ln 3 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2588 Jacobsen Pg 8 Ln 1 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2597 Walen Pg 8 Ln 3 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2569 Orcutt Pg 11 Ln 15 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2571 Abell Pg 11 Ln 15 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2545 Barnard Pg 11 Ln 16 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2575 Connors Pg 12 Ln 18 · March 9, 202643 yea · 53 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2590 Penner Pg 12 Ln 19 · March 9, 202642 yea · 54 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2543 Marshall Pg 12 Ln 20 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2573 Dufault Pg 12 Ln 20 · March 9, 202645 yea · 51 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2596 Walen Pg 12 Ln 24 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2604 Reeves Pg 12 Ln 24 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2540 Schmidt Pg 12 Ln 28 · March 9, 202640 yea · 56 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2602 Reeves Pg 13 Ln 20 · March 9, 202646 yea · 50 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2603 Reeves Pg 13 Ln 20 · March 9, 20262 yea · 94 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2560 Corry Pg 13 Ln 25 · March 9, 202645 yea · 51 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2589 Burnett Pg 26 Ln 36 · March 9, 202638 yea · 59 nay · 1 not voting
- House — 2544 Graham Pg 43 Ln 2 · March 9, 202639 yea · 58 nay · 1 not voting
- House — 2612 Reeves Pg 5 Ln 33 · March 9, 202639 yea · 58 nay · 1 not voting
- House — 2561 Keaton Pg 43 Ln 2 · March 9, 202638 yea · 58 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2579 Abbarno Pg 43 Ln 2 · March 9, 202642 yea · 54 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2598 Walen Pg 64 Ln 21 · March 9, 202643 yea · 54 nay · 1 not voting
- House — 2556 Valdez Pg 64 Ln 36 · March 9, 202641 yea · 56 nay · 1 not voting
- House — 2572 Engell Pg 69 Ln 5 · March 9, 202693 yea · 1 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2582 Corry Pg 69 Ln 19 · March 9, 202647 yea · 49 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2580 Chase Pg 69 Ln 20 · March 9, 202644 yea · 51 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2581 McClintock Pg 69 Ln 20 · March 9, 202642 yea · 52 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2564 Stuebe Pg 69 Ln 21 · March 9, 202643 yea · 52 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2608 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 · March 9, 202646 yea · 49 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2609 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 · March 9, 202646 yea · 49 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2610 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 · March 9, 202644 yea · 51 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2611 Reeves Pg 69 Ln 21 · March 9, 202646 yea · 49 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2592 Couture Pg 69 Ln 24 · March 9, 202644 yea · 49 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2537 Leavitt Pg 103 Ln 30 · March 9, 202694 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2542 Marshall Pg 106 Ln 13 · March 9, 202643 yea · 50 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2601 Reeves Pg 106 Ln 22 · March 9, 202641 yea · 53 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2615 Rule Pg 106 Ln 33 · March 9, 202657 yea · 36 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2541 Jacobsen Pg 107 Ln 4 · March 9, 202640 yea · 54 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2538 Orcutt Pg 107 Ln 26 · March 9, 202643 yea · 50 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2548 Walsh Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202640 yea · 53 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2551 Ybarra Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202637 yea · 56 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2563 Dye Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202693 yea · 0 nay · 5 not voting
- House — 2567 Low Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202637 yea · 57 nay · 4 not voting
- House — 2577 Steele Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202638 yea · 57 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2594 Walen Pg 107 Ln 31 · March 9, 202646 yea · 49 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2566 Griffey Pg 43 Ln 3 · March 9, 202644 yea · 52 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 2586 Barnard Pg 67 Ln 28 · March 9, 202645 yea · 50 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2554 Abell Pg 106 Ln 18 · March 9, 202640 yea · 55 nay · 3 not voting
- House — 2584 Walsh Pg 107 Ln 26 · March 9, 202641 yea · 55 nay · 2 not voting
- House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 9, 202651 yea · 46 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 693 Warnick Pg 10 Ln 25 · February 16, 202620 yea · 29 nay
- Senate — 695 MacEwen Pg 66 Ln 1 · February 16, 202621 yea · 28 nay
- Senate — 696 Gildon Pg 66 Ln 6 · February 16, 202621 yea · 28 nay
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 16, 202627 yea · 22 nay
- Senate — Concur in House amendment(s) · March 11, 202627 yea · 21 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — Final Passage As Amended by the House · March 11, 202627 yea · 21 nay · 1 not voting
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