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Votes at a glance: which measures passed and which failed in today's floor session
Summary
Today's floor session produced a mix of outcomes: several measures passed (including an equitable-billing bill for minors, a kratom scheduling bill, a property-tax change and a memorial overriding a veto on ICE firearms), while others — including an AI watermark memorial, a disability tax-credit measure and a 16/17 voting proposal — failed.
The Senate floor moved through a packed agenda including bills on health billing, AI, disability tax credits, drug scheduling, immigration enforcement and election rules. Key outcomes recorded on the floor are summarized below. Where the transcript did not provide a full roll-call, entries indicate "tally not specified".
Votes at a glance
- Bill 0702 (equitable billing for minors' hospital care): Passed on final vote after floor debate. (tally not specified in transcript)
- Memorial (Bill 10.08) — AI watermark requirement: Failed after floor debate. (tally not specified in transcript)
- Senate Bill 3.13 — Washington disability tax credit: Failed on final vote after concerns about drafting, eligibility and practicality. (tally not specified in transcript)
- Senate Bill 6.12 — Protecting minors from explicit websites (reconsideration after veto): Failed after reconsideration. (tally not specified)
- House Bill 10.01 — Kratom scheduling (reclassify as Schedule I): Passed on final vote after debate about addiction and medical uses. (tally not specified)
- Memorial on limiting ICE agents' firearms / veto override: The chamber voted to override the governor's veto and approved the memorial (override recorded as passing; roll-call tally not included in the transcript). The governor's veto statement and a statement from the governor's cabinet were read into the record prior to the vote.
- Property-tax amendment measure (adjusting rates to encourage rentals): Passed on the floor after debate; constitutional-uniformity concerns were raised. (tally not specified)
- SB 8.11 — Allowing some 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in county elections (as drafted): Failed after attorney-general office advised the draft was unconstitutional and delegates flagged drafting errors that could broaden voting restrictions. (tally not specified)
- Memorial to designate a Federal Election Day holiday: Passed on final vote after proponents argued it would increase turnout and awareness. (tally not specified)
Notes and clarifications
- Several debates exposed drafting gaps (missing or unfiled committee amendments, lack of a specified administering agency or tax base, and language that the attorney general flagged as unconstitutional).
- The transcript frequently records floor outcomes with the chair announcing "passes" or "does fail" but does not always include detailed roll-call tallies; when tallies were not read into the record, this roundup indicates that the numeric vote count was not specified.
What follows next
Bills that passed will be processed according to chamber procedures (clerk records, potential transmittal to other bodies or to federal recipients for memorials). Measures that failed may be revised and reintroduced in subsequent sessions. Reporters and oversight stakeholders should seek full roll-call records from the clerk for definitive vote tallies and to confirm any written amendments that did not appear in the floor transcript.
Source: floor debate and chair announcements recorded in the session transcript.