---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs."
description: "Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6034"
citation: "Washington SB 6034 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04f261db-7a7c-4220-be2a-cd31b445d87d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6034&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "84a5e2b9b13d1b14005a42bc318ad5fb838c062b60dd59954229cb4568a03fb7"
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 6034 (2025-2026) — Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs.

## 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/6034.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6034-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6034-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Chapter 245, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-30** 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/04f261db-7a7c-4220-be2a-cd31b445d87d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).