---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department."
description: "Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6046"
citation: "Washington SB 6046 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9767f4-5773-4f35-abf5-8ad4e4c6a0c8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6046&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "529cd513efe143ae20d6d18a07d27132114621724611a2c5c7e5a02a63aa1e6f"
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 6046 (2025-2026) — Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6046.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6046.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **88–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** TEDV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Chapter 46, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-14** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff9767f4-5773-4f35-abf5-8ad4e4c6a0c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).