Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, prepares to drop the gavel, closing out the 2026 legislative session, on Thursday, March 12 in Olympia. Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard

By Jerry Cornfield, Jake Goldstein-Street and Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard
March 12, 2026

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…

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