---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the capital budget."
description: "Concerning the capital budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6003"
citation: "Washington SB 6003 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae446464-b7c9-4135-a0b9-55d739e8d514"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6003&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "70891a9d4adb664698de20c4c9df53a3cf9513e73ba0c2b4fa2feb1d2aa76bb5"
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 6003 (2025-2026) — Concerning the capital budget.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6003.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6003-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6003-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter 259, 2026 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2026-04-01** Effective date 4/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae446464-b7c9-4135-a0b9-55d739e8d514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).