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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities."
+description: "Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 6189"
+citation: "Washington SB 6189 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e5d8a6-6284-41b0-8f8d-9d1009111246"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6189&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "9a97a378d6f1b6d0426683fe78a55a3e5459d9fe9bdc365cecf0d8e0961a90ef"
+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 6189 (2025-2026) — Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities.
+
+## 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/6189.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6189-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6189-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman — primary (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-01-29** LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-20** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-16** Chapter 78, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-16** 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/95e5d8a6-6284-41b0-8f8d-9d1009111246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+