---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices."
description: "Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6200"
citation: "Washington SB 6200 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12230597-66d4-47b8-8770-d8433739c0ac"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6200&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0c4cf1314659fb1cd80e3c229c3ed91b429900d176cd73bc4af99bd086dbbeb6"
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 6200 (2025-2026) — Concerning renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices.

## 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/6200.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6200-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6200-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6200-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **65–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — 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 Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-24** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 12; 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`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 184, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** 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/12230597-66d4-47b8-8770-d8433739c0ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).