---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the authority of court of appeals bailiffs to assess threats to court of appeals judicial officers and staff members."
description: "Concerning the authority of court of appeals bailiffs to assess threats to court of appeals judicial officers and staff members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6011"
citation: "Washington SB 6011 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303b817f-2d63-488b-8f2f-d163f98f501e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6011&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "950781ed74162d1981b982a3be33ae0903b7dedfde29c5d8c099892948266c51"
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 6011 (2025-2026) — Concerning the authority of court of appeals bailiffs to assess threats to court of appeals judicial officers and staff members.

## 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/6011.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6011.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — 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 Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 111, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303b817f-2d63-488b-8f2f-d163f98f501e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).