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type: "Bill"
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title: "Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery system."
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description: "Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery 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 6551"
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citation: "Washington SB 6551 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["IMMIGRATION", "IMMIGRANTS", "AND IMMIGRATION STATUS", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-22"
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last_action: "2020-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79950906-0ff5-4308-91f4-d62215d6997f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6551&year=2019"
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source_hash: "e207e8a9ef1bf0a07a9abb936013b794d6b0f5bd2133af1d71d80ed2c95a01a4"
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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 6551 (2019-2020) — Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery 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/6551.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#53) — **27–19** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stanford — primary (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — 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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- **2020-01-22** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
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- **2020-02-05** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2020-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass.
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- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-27** HCW - Majority; do pass.
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- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** President signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-04-02** Chapter 325, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
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- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
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- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
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- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness 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/79950906-0ff5-4308-91f4-d62215d6997f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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