republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-5903.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning children's mental health.	Concerning children's mental health.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 5903	Washington SB 5903 (2019-2020)	bill	SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MENTAL HEALTH	enacted	Darneille	3	52	3	2019-02-13	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/49e0b85f-9998-4794-a374-d698f15682db	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5903&year=2019	650bf4b457b2510156ac1c95b5408d5d9295ccd28ee8c9b4cebcf6e382a06d68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5903 (2019-2020) — Concerning children's mental health.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — 87–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darneille — primary (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
• 2019-02-22 BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-22 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2019-02-28 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-03-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-03-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-12 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-02-22 BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-22 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2019-02-28 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-03-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-03-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-12 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-02-28 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-03-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-03-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-12 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-03-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2019-03-14 First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. reading-1
• 2019-03-28 HSEL - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2019-03-28 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2019-04-08 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Human Services & Early Learning.
• 2019-04-09 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-12 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2019-04-12 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2019-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2019-04-18 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2019-04-18 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2019-04-23 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-25 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-05-09 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-05-09 Chapter 360, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-05-09 Effective date 7/28/2019*. became-law
• 2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-22T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-22T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
• 2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
• 2019-03-28T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49e0b85f-9998-4794-a374-d698f15682db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).