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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry."
+description: "Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 6137"
+citation: "Washington SB 6137 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d70aa26-77b0-4402-8533-7a1d6c6a3bd0"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6137&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "ccdc93e1dca88447daf6d083719f0a6eea2ee6988c105dd4a88e47c16b027922"
+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 6137 (2025-2026) — Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6137.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6137.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortes — primary (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-28** BTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-24** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-30** Chapter 246, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-30** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d70aa26-77b0-4402-8533-7a1d6c6a3bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+