---
type: "Bill"
title: "Screening newborn infants for branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase deficiency."
description: "Screening newborn infants for branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase deficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6234"
citation: "Washington SB 6234 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4643a6-88b1-4fe1-a27f-e1c29f443702"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6234&year=2023"
source_hash: "81ce1a6f7b3aaf52f238b724f280bb4e9ec91b003c5579b3fa30e2896acdfa14"
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 6234 (2023-2024) — Screening newborn infants for branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase deficiency.

## 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/6234.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6234.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass. `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`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 105, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c4643a6-88b1-4fe1-a27f-e1c29f443702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).