---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring that no youth is discharged from a public system of care into homelessness."
description: "Ensuring that no youth is discharged from a public system of care into homelessness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6560"
citation: "Washington SB 6560 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "CHILDREN", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darneille"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe96594-4999-4e28-a8b9-adf555121b32"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6560&year=2017"
source_hash: "5358dbbf55b523a02378359707682b05448a0709131d5b01582366c65cbad67f"
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 6560 (2017-2018) — Ensuring that no youth is discharged from a public system of care into homelessness.

## 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/6560.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6560-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darneille — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** 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`
- **2018-02-23** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** 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.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 157, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/3fe96594-4999-4e28-a8b9-adf555121b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).