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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes."
description: "Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6019"
citation: "Washington SB 6019 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9578e4c-74d7-446f-9d59-6e39867dba76"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6019&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "04b5865202b1c7b545fd30d4de2acc8a1f7a1c3343b95b334f3e1648f96f9cb8"
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 6019 (2025-2026) — Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6019.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6019-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6019-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6019-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-27** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Chapter 85, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-17** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9578e4c-74d7-446f-9d59-6e39867dba76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).