---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities."
description: "Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6189"
citation: "Washington SB 6189 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e5d8a6-6284-41b0-8f8d-9d1009111246"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6189&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9a97a378d6f1b6d0426683fe78a55a3e5459d9fe9bdc365cecf0d8e0961a90ef"
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 6189 (2025-2026) — Changing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities.

## 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/6189.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6189-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6189-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 26). `substitution`
- **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`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 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, 91; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 78, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** 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/95e5d8a6-6284-41b0-8f8d-9d1009111246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).