Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 18 D cosponsors

SB 6044 — Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas.

Last action — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (18 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

  3. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

  4. SGOV - Majority; do pass.

  5. Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  6. Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  7. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  10. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  12. Minority; without recommendation.

  13. SGTE - Majority; do pass.

  14. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  15. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  16. First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

  17. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 133 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (133)

133 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)

Passed 48 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 30000
Republican 18100
Total 48100
% of votes cast 98%2%0%0%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Adrian Cortes Democrat Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Yea
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Yea
Claire Wilson Democrat Yea
Claudia Kauffman Democrat Yea
Deborah Krishnadasan Democrat Yea
Derek Stanford Democrat Yea
Drew Hansen Democrat Yea
Emily Alvarado Democrat Yea
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Yea
Javier Valdez Democrat Yea
Jesse Salomon Democrat Yea
Jessica Bateman Democrat Yea
John Lovick Democrat Yea
June Robinson Democrat Yea
Lisa Wellman Democrat Yea
Liz Lovelett Democrat Yea
Manka Dhingra Democrat Yea
Marcus Riccelli Democrat Yea
Marko Liias Democrat Yea
Mike Chapman Democrat Yea
Noel Frame Democrat Yea
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Yea
Sharon Shewmake Democrat Yea
Steve Conway Democrat Yea
T'wina Nobles Democrat Yea
Tina Orwall Democrat Yea
Vandana Slatter Democrat Yea
Victoria Hunt Democrat Yea
Yasmin Trudeau Democrat Yea
Chris Gildon Republican Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Drew MacEwen Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Yea
Jeff Wilson Republican Yea
Jim McCune Republican Nay
John Braun Republican Yea
Judy Warnick Republican Yea
Keith Goehner Republican Yea
Keith Wagoner Republican Yea
Leonard Christian Republican Yea
Mark Schoesler Republican Yea
Matt Boehnke Republican Yea
Nikki Torres Republican Yea
Paul Harris Republican Yea
Perry Dozier Republican Yea
Phil Fortunato Republican Yea
Ron Muzzall Republican Yea
Shelly Short Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 6044?
SB 6044 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Lisa Wellman (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), June Robinson (Democrat), Marcus Riccelli (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), John Lovick (Democrat), Claudia Kauffman (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Jessica Bateman (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Vandana Slatter (Democrat), Manka Dhingra (Democrat), Adrian Cortes (Democrat), and Javier Valdez (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 6044?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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