---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning prosecutorial discretion to seek resentencing."
description: "Concerning prosecutorial discretion to seek resentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6164"
citation: "Washington SB 6164 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b429ce0d-8e63-4e4d-9836-6803e3eca679"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6164&year=2019"
source_hash: "04969020815c148114ca761aeff94abc88b266db2c84858038e010990fd91ea6"
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 6164 (2019-2020) — Concerning prosecutorial discretion to seek resentencing.

## 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/6164.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#41) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 203, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-30T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b429ce0d-8e63-4e4d-9836-6803e3eca679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).