---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assessing the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle and high school students to inform decision making and improve services."
description: "Assessing the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle and high school students to inform decision making and improve services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6191"
citation: "Washington SB 6191 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "CHILDREN", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5ca90c-2141-4a22-a3a0-54315142937e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6191&year=2019"
source_hash: "c0e3228783c0b3a868e6357f9ebfda8e6fa5cca71cfd41d253a0e259c58e023f"
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 6191 (2019-2020) — Assessing the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle and high school students to inform decision making and improve services.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6191.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6191-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Education.
- **2020-02-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 251, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5ca90c-2141-4a22-a3a0-54315142937e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).