---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning drug offender sentencing."
description: "Concerning drug offender sentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6211"
citation: "Washington SB 6211 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "SENTENCING", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8aa865b-c5d5-42a2-a922-3193baa58fc6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6211&year=2019"
source_hash: "d9185d660cb36bc2c922dd4e90daa6b66691cb541323e38d7a14952653e06c6b"
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 6211 (2019-2020) — Concerning drug offender sentencing.

## 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/6211.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6211-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6211-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Public Safety.
- **2020-02-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 252, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 1/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-06T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8aa865b-c5d5-42a2-a922-3193baa58fc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).