---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder."
description: "Increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6086"
citation: "Washington SB 6086 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-18"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49713c1e-1586-4c73-8093-0336decbec6f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6086&year=2019"
source_hash: "34058d04fe0eee4f90d02ca37eb73d8f9889756ffcfee7ba22c4b0d6e6dc924f"
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 6086 (2019-2020) — Increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6086.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6086-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-01-31** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 244, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-13T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 02:30 PM
- **2020-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49713c1e-1586-4c73-8093-0336decbec6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).