Streamlining monitoring and oversight activities related to community residential service business providers.
SB 6024 aims to reduce administrative burdens for community residential service providers (organizations supporting people with developmental disabilities) by streamlining oversight. It limits the Department of Social and Health Services to one annual routine review per provider per subject area (e.g., client finances, service plans, federal compliance) and requires departments to share documents across divisions to avoid duplicate requests. The bill excludes incident reports, complaints, and federally mandated reviews from these limits. This directly affects over 87% of residential service providers in Washington, aiming to redirect resources toward direct client support rather than overlapping audits.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2026
Last action Mar 12, 2026
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The bill title was updated to reflect its final version, and a new category of oversight was added to the exceptions for routine reviews. This change broadens the scope of activities that can be investigated without being subject to routine review limits, specifically including investigations by adult protective services.
Scope change
The bill's scope of exempt activities was expanded to include adult protective services investigations.
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Added 'investigations by adult protective services' to the list of activities exempt from routine review limitations.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2026
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 10, 2026
D
Democratic31
96% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
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All Nay
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
HS - Majority; do pass.
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
upper
Jan 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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