Are you ready for an income tax in Washington state?

Name: Are you ready for an income tax in Washington state?
Uploaded: 2025-11-14T21:42:51.002Z
Duration: 2 min 3 s
Channel: Washington State House Republicans

Washington State House Republicans

Nov 14, 2025

Are you ready for an income tax in Washington state?

On Oct. 30, the Washington State Standard reported that Democrats in the state Senate are considering an income tax for the 2026 legislative session. This new tax would be on top of the $9.2 billion in new taxes Democrats passed in 2025 – the largest increase in the history of Washington state.

With Washington families already facing some of the highest prices for groceries, child care, and gas in the nation, lawmakers are returning to Olympia for Committee Assembly Days to preview the policies headed our way, including:

▶️A state income tax;
▶️Higher business and occupation taxes; and
▶️No meaningful financial relief for housing, child care , or small businesses.

Rep. Peter Abbarno is urging Washingtonians to get engaged before bills start prefiling on December 1. Prefiled bills can be found here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/prefiled

👉 Get involved: http://www.HouseRepublicans.wa.gov

Are you ready for a state income tax in Washington? Well, that's exactly what Washington Democrats are proposing right here in Olympia. I'm State Representative Peter Robbero, the House Republican Caucus Chair. And I'm in Olympia getting prepared for committee assembly days. Committee assembly days are when legislators come back for their committees and four caucuses to talk about policies that we anticipate seeing and debating in the 2026 legislative session. We already know that the 2025 legislative session saw the largest tax increase in Washington state history. Grocery prices are among the highest in the nation. Child care costs are among the highest in the nation and your gas prices are among the highest in the nation. Affordability is a huge issue for every single person in the state of Washington. The 2026 legislative session looks like it's could be worse without your help. There are proposals for an income tax, increased BNO taxes, and there's absolutely no relief among regulations for building new houses, our child care centers, or anything else that's going to provide relief for all of us in the state of Washington. We need you to get engaged. HouseRPR Republicans.wah.gov is a website of the Washington State House Republicans that will give you tons of information about our proposals, how you can be engaged in the process, and how you can help us stop ads. You can also reach out to me at representativepro.com if you have questions, concerns, or want more information about the process. Committee Assembly Days is a perfect way to get involved. And in December, we'll start pre-filing legislation, which means there will be a lot of bills and policies that will be filed prior to the legislative session beginning. So, this is a perfect time for you to get engaged not only with House Republicans.wah.gov, of but at my website representativepro.com or any one of the legislators representing you and your community. We don't want to see 2026 legislative session be as bad as the 2025 legislative session. But we need your help. So to fix Washington, go to house republicans.wah.gov and help us pass good policies and stop bad legislation.