---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area."
description: "Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6359"
citation: "Washington SB 6359 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/728c6c04-8fa8-484a-a98f-857926689098"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6359&year=2019"
source_hash: "6ddcafae7fc49c580514f5b4ed45793fb889fa595fc89a8a493de2230965747e"
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 6359 (2019-2020) — Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area.

## 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/6359.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** HCW - 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.
- **2020-03-05** 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 258, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness 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/728c6c04-8fa8-484a-a98f-857926689098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).