---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail, power, and other critical public infrastructure improvements."
description: "Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail, power, and other critical public infrastructure improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6132"
citation: "Washington SB 6132 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c7482d-1164-4a02-83f1-f96f42158b8d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6132&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ab66c7c918ae86fbe8c2c62fd19cfc83e41f5aa7bf6fde2509732751ef71a3ed"
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 6132 (2025-2026) — Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail, power, and other critical public infrastructure improvements.

## 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/6132.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6132.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 121, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** 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/b0c7482d-1164-4a02-83f1-f96f42158b8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).