---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning residential custody services for tribal youth."
description: "Concerning residential custody services for tribal youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6115"
citation: "Washington SB 6115 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "INDIANS", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5644dda-bd19-40ff-854d-a3debc86b12c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6115&year=2017"
source_hash: "342a1f5eb7aad785e751cca42ad9f23723de8ea45d766f5f4340911b9585eaab"
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 6115 (2017-2018) — Concerning residential custody services for tribal youth.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6115.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 31, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5644dda-bd19-40ff-854d-a3debc86b12c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).