---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing entry of a civil protection order to protect victims when a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity."
description: "Allowing entry of a civil protection order to protect victims when a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6227"
citation: "Washington SB 6227 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91c02221-1c55-487a-bf26-e630cb3e3caa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6227&year=2023"
source_hash: "4e5ec471133ccfbe546411d9277464dffe9f022aecd6c23db60944b621b804d7"
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 6227 (2023-2024) — Allowing entry of a civil protection order to protect victims when a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6227.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6227-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6227-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 137, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91c02221-1c55-487a-bf26-e630cb3e3caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).