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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving the Indian behavioral health system."
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description: "Improving the Indian behavioral health system."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "SB 6259"
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citation: "Washington SB 6259 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "INDIANS", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-01-14"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74dc6c19-eaec-43a5-9f02-1751abf161b9"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6259&year=2019"
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source_hash: "9c2f0279942ed71da45d241bc8c1a9acbb64eba61eaeec405268b97d4aa113dc"
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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 6259 (2019-2020) — Improving the Indian behavioral health system.
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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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6259.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6259-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McCoy — primary (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Das — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-15** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
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- **2020-02-06** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
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- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2020-02-06** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
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- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-16** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-25** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
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- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-31** Chapter 256, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
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- **2020-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
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- **2020-02-21T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM
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- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
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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/74dc6c19-eaec-43a5-9f02-1751abf161b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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