---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning private detention facilities."
description: "Concerning private detention facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6442"
citation: "Washington SB 6442 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1bb503d-add8-4381-9a27-c3122155537e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6442&year=2019"
source_hash: "671976e6736d0e92dbb7732625da4c3c9a645232028ad8c057f9b66d5843597f"
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 6442 (2019-2020) — Concerning private detention facilities.

## 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/6442.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6442-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6442-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; 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).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** 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, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; 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 318, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 4/2/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **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/f1bb503d-add8-4381-9a27-c3122155537e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).