SB 6006 — Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services;
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Sponsors
- Gildon, Chris (R, WA-25) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Christian, Leonard (R, WA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Dozier, Perry (R, WA-16) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Liias, Marko (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Shewmake, Sharon (D, WA-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Short, Shelly (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
- · senate — WM - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Finance.
- · senate — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Christian, Leonard | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Dozier, Perry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Krishnadasan, Deborah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Liias, Marko | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Shewmake, Sharon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Short, Shelly | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Gildon, Chris | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gildon, Chris (R, state_upper WA-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christian, Leonard (R, state_upper WA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Dozier, Perry (R, state_upper WA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, state_upper WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Liias, Marko (D, state_upper WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Shewmake, Sharon (D, state_upper WA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Short, Shelly (R, state_upper WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Shewmake, Sharon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Liias, Marko (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Krishnadasan, Deborah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Dozier, Perry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Short, Shelly (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Gildon, Chris (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Christian, Leonard (cosponsor) · sponsorship