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Chair calls the Ways and Means Committee to order and the committee considers a motion to suspend the 5‑day notice rule for today's agenda. Multiple senators object citing insufficient public notice; a roll‑call vote is held and the motion to waive the 5‑day rule passes, 15 aye, 9 nay. Outcome: waiver approved.
The Ways and Means Committee (Feb. 6, 2026) held a lengthy hearing on multiple bills including a lengthy debate and public testimony on Senate Bill 6,346 (a proposed personal income/"millionaires" tax), followed by hearings on estate-tax revision (SB 6,347), AI consumer protections (SSB 6,284), grocery-closure notice (SB 6,147), transmission authority (2nd substitute SB 5,466), cultural resource protections (SSB 5,609), lead-in-cookware changes (SSB 5,975), Climate Commitment Act EITE provisions (SB 6,246), appliance affordability study (SSB 6,124), permit-ready factory-built housing plans (SSB 6,015), economic development strategic planning (SSB 6,289), and many others; the committee waived the 5‑day notice rule by roll call (15‑aye, 9‑nay) and proceeded through the full published agenda.
