---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning diversion of juvenile offenses."
description: "Concerning diversion of juvenile offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6550"
citation: "Washington SB 6550 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darneille"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78e442dd-ef49-422b-b43d-da6271f328e0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6550&year=2017"
source_hash: "4838735d8c12040d2a82a7d8c7443b2ddc4d95f011ad85ec0bdcc11633bd6e04"
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 6550 (2017-2018) — Concerning diversion of juvenile offenses.

## 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/6550.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6550-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6550-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#20) — **55–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darneille — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 11; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** 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.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 82, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/78e442dd-ef49-422b-b43d-da6271f328e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).