---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington office of firearm violence prevention."
description: "Creating the Washington office of firearm violence prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6288"
citation: "Washington SB 6288 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "FIREARMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03a06fa-d1a0-4e30-9587-ea0b026ddbc9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6288&year=2019"
source_hash: "a98156cdfd584e0d0415af139c7dc5fbb047fa24c1e4d7379a0bee3f245c2e99"
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 6288 (2019-2020) — Creating the Washington office of firearm violence prevention.

## 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/6288.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6288-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6288-S.htm)

## Votes

- 1130 Braun Pg 2 Ln 38 (#17) — **24–24** (fail) · upper
- 1122 Schoesler Pg 1 Ln 30 (#16) — **23–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **53–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-06** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-06** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 313, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-06T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03a06fa-d1a0-4e30-9587-ea0b026ddbc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).