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type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness."
description: "Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6570"
citation: "Washington SB 6570 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS", "WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF (WASPC)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7120d6d-7902-47b2-8625-ae446649a820"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6570&year=2019"
source_hash: "bce1472116c06dccf78c1e3dc7740677c4bc0793a3217c6e08760e0909048a66"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 6570 (2019-2020) — Concerning law enforcement officer mental health and wellness.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6570.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6570-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#54) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-07** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** BH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-01** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-04-01** Chapter 327, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-04-01** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-24T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:30 AM
- **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
- **2020-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7120d6d-7902-47b2-8625-ae446649a820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).