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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects."
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description: "Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 6309"
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citation: "Washington SB 6309 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-26"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add62004-c6f3-4a3b-9aec-d2c44150285a"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6309&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "5a04767d82cde96eef00adee611f361767e8582be339ac67bbb04427ab766f6b"
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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 6309 (2025-2026) — Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6309.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6309-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6309-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Liias — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-26** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-02** LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
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- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** Chapter 166, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `became-law`
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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/add62004-c6f3-4a3b-9aec-d2c44150285a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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