---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing host home funding restrictions."
description: "Reducing host home funding restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6623"
citation: "Washington SB 6623 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "CHILDREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darneille"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13cb1929-0bfe-4c5e-87e2-6d07ab356e2f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6623&year=2019"
source_hash: "b853834b0475135fb1a7a8e6caf310e31e9974f3155a15d7945905093861539f"
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 6623 (2019-2020) — Reducing host home funding restrictions.

## 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/6623.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#39) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darneille — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** HSA - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-03** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-03** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **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, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** HSEL - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2020-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 265, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13cb1929-0bfe-4c5e-87e2-6d07ab356e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).