republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6124.md

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Bill	Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video.	Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6124	Washington SB 6124 (2017-2018)	bill	MENTAL HEALTH DRUGS	enacted	Dhingra	2	26	2	2018-01-05	2018-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6124&year=2017	69dda7af818f13e93086c52c1de861ede171a0d6b3cbb2cacf0e3205cc656d6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6124 (2017-2018) — Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — 46–2 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#26) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dhingra — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Ranker — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. reading-1
• 2018-01-24 HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-14 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-24 HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-14 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-14 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-14 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-02-16 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 JUDI - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-28 Chapter 305, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-28 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).