---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, with enhanced services to student veterans."
description: "Concerning suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, with enhanced services to student veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6514"
citation: "Washington SB 6514 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL", "VETERANS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f6f02f-45c2-4a81-9f5e-d12579121815"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6514&year=2017"
source_hash: "95dcb3e311a3ebeac2a1c2bb67858e52b07bbb700fad50310211c01f1e3623f3"
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 6514 (2017-2018) — Concerning suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, with enhanced services to student veterans.

## 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/6514.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6514-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** HE - 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.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 293, 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/08f6f02f-45c2-4a81-9f5e-d12579121815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).