---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing an abortion savings program."
description: "Establishing an abortion savings program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6182"
citation: "Washington SB 6182 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51c26b7d-ea6f-4da7-be95-0c83c349f663"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6182&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f38a9b29260756dc9544ab8303bceaae21f8062c1e4adc4796fabe7694e8bfa7"
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 6182 (2025-2026) — Establishing an abortion savings program.

## 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/6182.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6182-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6182-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6182-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **57–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-03** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 228, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** 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/51c26b7d-ea6f-4da7-be95-0c83c349f663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).