WA legislative session ends with budgets passed and a dash of drama

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The Washington Legislature concluded its 2026 session Thursday evening after passing a batch of budgets and navigating late-breaking drama over the elimination of a data center tax break that threatened to throw lawmakers into a special session.

Sine Die for the 60-day sprint came around 8:30 p.m.

Passage of Democrats’ signature policy for the session, a tax on household income greater than $1 million a year, dominated conversation nearly every day. It gained final legislative approval in the Senate on Wednesday night, sending the bill to Gov. Bob Ferguson, who plans to sign it.

Democrats’ attempts to shield the state from what they consider to be overreach by the Trump administration were another key theme this year.

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