---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video."
description: "Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6124"
citation: "Washington SB 6124 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6124&year=2017"
source_hash: "69dda7af818f13e93086c52c1de861ede171a0d6b3cbb2cacf0e3205cc656d6d"
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 6124 (2017-2018) — Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6124.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6124-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#26) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-24** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28** Chapter 305, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-28** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).