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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 6194: Allowable costs/hospital

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 6194 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Allowing payments to be made based on allowable costs for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Allowing payments to be made for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation.). Primary sponsor: Curtis King (R). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 20, 2026): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to allowing payments to be made for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Curtis KingPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Nikki TorresCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate15

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 124, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Senate concurred in House amendments.
  8. Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  9. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  11. Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
  12. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page