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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness."
+description: "Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6570"
+citation: "Washington SB 6570 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS", "WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF (WASPC)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["King"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-23"
+last_action: "2020-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7120d6d-7902-47b2-8625-ae446649a820"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6570&year=2019"
+source_hash: "bce1472116c06dccf78c1e3dc7740677c4bc0793a3217c6e08760e0909048a66"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 6570 (2019-2020) — Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6570.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6570-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#54) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- King — primary (person)
+- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-24** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
+- **2020-02-07** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
+- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-07** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
+- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
+- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-04-01** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2020-04-01** Chapter 327, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
+- **2020-04-01** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-24T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:30 AM
+- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7120d6d-7902-47b2-8625-ae446649a820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+