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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing the costs associated with providing child care."
description: "Reducing the costs associated with providing child care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6038"
citation: "Washington SB 6038 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c2623f4-d74d-46a6-abe9-0e28c1d8a471"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6038&year=2023"
source_hash: "09a4ba49009e8be6e7dfd576c3778d945d5bb9ae017cf48b5526b86f614db4ea"
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 6038 (2023-2024) — Reducing the costs associated with providing child care.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6038.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6038-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6038-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6038-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 1259 Ormsby Pg 2 Ln 25 (#25) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 195, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 10/1/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c2623f4-d74d-46a6-abe9-0e28c1d8a471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).