---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning rating requirements for child care providers."
description: "Concerning rating requirements for child care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6483"
citation: "Washington SB 6483 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "CHILD CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5536806d-d880-4abd-a40b-e12f707e5571"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6483&year=2019"
source_hash: "bb89e2ef0604dcffa923424dbad9745d371638814a0094d0fcbf4523cafef0a0"
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 6483 (2019-2020) — Concerning rating requirements for child care providers.

## 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/6483.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6483-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson, C. — primary (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** 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`
- **2020-02-07** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 321, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+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
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning 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/5536806d-d880-4abd-a40b-e12f707e5571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).