---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preventing abusive litigation between intimate partners."
description: "Preventing abusive litigation between intimate partners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6268"
citation: "Washington SB 6268 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE AND MARRIED PERSONS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "ORDERS OF COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91638456-a64f-4ffa-b981-39463e9a8ec7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6268&year=2019"
source_hash: "cf8aa027159389c11a0f68fa50decdbb447f8c4a49923b36c5de2e773257a64e"
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 6268 (2019-2020) — Preventing abusive litigation between intimate partners.

## 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/6268.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6268-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6268-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#36) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — 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 Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **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, 90; nays, 6; 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.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 311, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 1/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-23T15:00:00+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
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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/91638456-a64f-4ffa-b981-39463e9a8ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).