---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program."
description: "Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6452"
citation: "Washington SB 6452 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33cf9f90-3821-4a29-87f8-d8a659f516fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6452&year=2017"
source_hash: "e780be644400a4c2e7b5ef939de99a93bb5b23a0708ff48c46b3846214bdea3f"
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 6452 (2017-2018) — Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program.

## 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/6452.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6452-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 288, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/33cf9f90-3821-4a29-87f8-d8a659f516fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).