---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the expiration date for the Sandy Williams connecting communities program."
description: "Eliminating the expiration date for the Sandy Williams connecting communities program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6283"
citation: "Washington SB 6283 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06db006-c79b-428b-8e6b-d9bce7e0c825"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6283&year=2023"
source_hash: "091702a7b3ea7dfa0066ecd26f53c35e5538437b1ade22eb49f95c12174e4f6c"
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 6283 (2023-2024) — Eliminating the expiration date for the Sandy Williams connecting communities program.

## 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/6283.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6283.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **87–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing and executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 106, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/a06db006-c79b-428b-8e6b-d9bce7e0c825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).