---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a model educational data sharing agreement between school districts and tribes."
description: "Creating a model educational data sharing agreement between school districts and tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6263"
citation: "Washington SB 6263 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "INDIANS", "SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION", "WASHINGTON STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52806b8d-0e24-4ee8-8356-11eeff6f4e1e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6263&year=2019"
source_hash: "be4fa27701105163140886a251c6b088a65e26eb134b78633b467aaf61fc0395"
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 6263 (2019-2020) — Creating a model educational data sharing agreement between school districts and tribes.

## 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/6263.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#35) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-16** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** 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, 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.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 206, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52806b8d-0e24-4ee8-8356-11eeff6f4e1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).