---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning death benefits provided by the 1955 act for firefighters' relief and pensions."
description: "Concerning death benefits provided by the 1955 act for firefighters' relief and pensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6263"
citation: "Washington SB 6263 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a23e0bf-5ec4-4612-8add-516ead249c16"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6263&year=2023"
source_hash: "dea05e294f6497eaee76d79a6f1d3fc521329a04e044ff6095d7a137eef7813d"
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 6263 (2023-2024) — Concerning death benefits provided by the 1955 act for firefighters' relief and pensions.

## 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/6263.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6263.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#43) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 169, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** 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/6a23e0bf-5ec4-4612-8add-516ead249c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).