---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning tribal warrants."
description: "Concerning tribal warrants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6146"
citation: "Washington SB 6146 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b9c7836-b3c1-4f6f-a34f-d2bd55ccb7c9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6146&year=2023"
source_hash: "47373c707eb1645d32478b5c1634b781a01dcb0ad8f1b088db6f32c79ce64dd2"
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 6146 (2023-2024) — Concerning tribal warrants.

## 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/6146.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6146-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6146-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-01** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** CSJR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 207, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 7/1/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b9c7836-b3c1-4f6f-a34f-d2bd55ccb7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).