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Senate reassigns bills to Ways and Means and refers transportation bill
Summary
Senators voted to reassign several bills—Senate Bills 5906 and 5968 were re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Bill 6345 was referred to Transportation; Senator Riccelli moved the measures and the motions were adopted without objection.
During floor proceedings on Feb. 2, 2026, the Washington State Senate reassigned several bills to different committees and recorded first reading and referral for another.
Senator Riccelli moved that measures on the day's committee reports be referred as designated and specified that Senate Bill 6211 concerning real-estate excise taxes should be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; the presiding officer announced no objection and ordered the referral. Riccelli then moved to suspend the rules to re-refer Senate Bill 5906 (concerning data and personal safety protections) from the Committee on Rules to the Committee on Ways and Means; the motion carried without objection. He also moved that Senate Bill 5968 (concerning regulatory efficiency in permitting and licensing processes), then on the second-reading calendar, be re-referred to Ways and Means; that motion was ordered.
Separately, the secretary announced a first reading entry for Senate Bill 6345 and noted referral to the Committee on Transportation.
All referred and re-referred measures were announced as ordered by voice; the transcript does not include recorded roll-call vote tallies for these motions. No amendments or further debate on the bills was recorded in the provided proceedings.
