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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video."
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description: "Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "SB 6124"
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citation: "Washington SB 6124 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "DRUGS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-05"
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last_action: "2018-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6124&year=2017"
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source_hash: "69dda7af818f13e93086c52c1de861ede171a0d6b3cbb2cacf0e3205cc656d6d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 6124 (2017-2018) — Clarifying that court hearings under the involuntary commitment act may be conducted by video.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6124.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6124-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage (#26) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dhingra — primary (person)
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- Billig — cosponsor (person)
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- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
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- Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
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- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
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- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
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- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Takko — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-24** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-01-24** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-28** Chapter 305, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-28** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4517cbc8-8744-443b-bc05-7c3e0d2adb0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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