BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6259

SB 6259: Credit cards

Issuing credit cards to persons under the age of twenty-one.

Summary

Credit cards many not be issued to persons under 21 without obtaining a written application that includes all existing available credit, by source and amount, and the applicant qualifies for credit under reasonable and prudent industry standards. Credit card issuers may not offer gifts for the completion of credit card applications.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 6259), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 12, 2000
Out of committee
Passed SenateFeb 11, 2000
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
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Prime sponsor: Julia Patterson (D-33)
Introduced: January 12, 2000 in the Senate
Last action: March 9, 2000
Versions: SB 6259, SSB 6259

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 11, 2000

Version voted on: SSB 6259

29 Yea 15 Nay 0 Absent 5 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	25	1	0	1
Republican	4	14	0	4

How each member voted

Yea (29)

Nay (15)

Excused (5)

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 6259 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6259 (2025–26) Higher ed./damage by student · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6259 (2023–24) Livestock market sales · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6259 (2019–20) Indian behavioral health sys · Enacted · Chapter 256, Laws of 2020
SB 6259 (2017–18) Social work loan repayment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6259 (2015–16) School director compensation · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6259 (2013–14) Log transportation/tax · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6259 (2011–12) Prostitution restitution · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6259 (2009–10) Craft wine and wineries · Did not pass · died in committee

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