Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington SB6297: Behavioral health staffing
Status: Passed one chamber, March 12, 2026
Making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax.
What the bill says
An act Relating to making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax; amending RCW 82.04.050; and creating a new section.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT Relating to making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax; amending RCW 82.04.050; and creating a new section. Sec. 1. RCW 82.04.050 and 2025 c 422 s 101 are each amended to read as follows: (1)(a) "Sale at retail" or "retail sale" means every sale of tangible personal property (including articles produced, fabricated, or imprinted) to all persons irrespective of the nature of their business and including, among others, without limiting the scope hereof, persons who install, repair, clean, alter, improve, construct, or decorate real or personal property of or for consumers other than a sale to a person or (ii) Installs, repairs, cleans, alters, imprints, improves, constructs, or decorates real or personal property of or for consumers, if such tangible personal property becomes an ingredient or component of such real or personal property without intervening use by such person; or (iii) Purchases for the purpose of consuming the property purchased in producing for sale as a new article of tangible personal property or substance, of which such property becomes an ingredient or component or is a chemical used in processing, when the primary purpose of such chemical is to create a chemical reaction directly through contact with an ingredient of a new article being produced for sale; or (iv) Purchases …
Sponsors
- Ron Muzzall (R) · primary sponsor
- Perry Dozier (R)
- Keith Wagoner (R)
Latest actions
- : By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- : First reading, referred to Finance.
- : Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- : Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- : Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- : Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- : Minority; do not pass.
- : WM - Majority; do pass.
- : Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- : Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (March 3, 2026): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Ways & Means: Do pass (March 2, 2026): 23 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS, CREDITS, DEDUCTIONS, DEFERRALS, ETC.
Common questions
- What is SB6297?
- SB6297 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Behavioral health staffing.
- What does SB6297 do?
- In its own words: An act Relating to making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax; amending RCW 82.04.050; and creating a new section.
- What is the status of SB6297?
- Passed one chamber as of March 12, 2026. Latest action: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB6297?
- Ron Muzzall (R), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB6297?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6297&Year=2025
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