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WA SB6229

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Noel Frame

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Washington's capital gains tax (RCW 82.87.020) to include gains from Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 qualified small business stock in the state's taxable "adjusted capital gain"

  • Section 1202 stock gains, which receive partial or full exclusion from federal income tax, would be added back when calculating Washington capital gains tax liability

  • Effectively closes a loophole where investors could avoid Washington's capital gains tax on small business stock gains that are excluded at the federal level

  • Applies to capital gains earned on or after January 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Concerning taxation of a long-term capital gain of a section 1202 small business stock.

Last Action

Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Ways & Means1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

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