diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a03a1c60..de83826e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 6.19.2 - Jun 7, 2024
+
+* Turn off archiving processed realtime bills by default.
+
 ## 6.19.0 - April 5, 2024
 
 * Adds a new CLI tool that can be called to resolve unresolved bill-to-bill relationships in the openstates DB
diff --git a/openstates/cli/update.py b/openstates/cli/update.py
index 21ffc9cd..aa5529d0 100644
--- a/openstates/cli/update.py
+++ b/openstates/cli/update.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def do_scrape(
         strict_validation=args.strict,
         fastmode=args.fastmode,
         realtime=args.realtime,
+        file_archiving_enabled=args.archive,
     )
     report["jurisdiction"] = jscraper.do_scrape()
     stats.write_stats(
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ def do_scrape(
                     strict_validation=args.strict,
                     fastmode=args.fastmode,
                     realtime=args.realtime,
+                    file_archiving_enabled=args.archive,
                 )
                 partial_report = scraper.do_scrape(**scrape_args, session=session)
                 stats.write_stats(
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ def do_scrape(
                 strict_validation=args.strict,
                 fastmode=args.fastmode,
                 realtime=args.realtime,
+                file_archiving_enabled=args.archive,
             )
             report[scraper_name] = scraper.do_scrape(**scrape_args)
             session = scrape_args.get("session", "")
@@ -499,6 +502,13 @@ def parse_args() -> tuple[argparse.Namespace, list[str]]:
     # realtime mode
     parser.add_argument("--realtime", action="store_true", help="enable realtime mode")
 
+    # Archiving realtime processing JSON files
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--archive",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="enable archiving of realtime processing JSON files, defaults to false",
+    )
+
     # process args
     return parser.parse_known_args()
 
diff --git a/openstates/scrape/base.py b/openstates/scrape/base.py
index b340acec..ea79f087 100644
--- a/openstates/scrape/base.py
+++ b/openstates/scrape/base.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(
         strict_validation=True,
         fastmode=False,
         realtime=False,
+        file_archiving_enabled=False,
     ):
         super(Scraper, self).__init__()
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.jurisdiction = jurisdiction
         self.datadir = datadir
         self.realtime = realtime
+        self.file_archiving_enabled = file_archiving_enabled
 
         # scrapelib setup
         self.timeout = settings.SCRAPELIB_TIMEOUT
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ def push_to_queue(self):
                 "bucket": bucket,
                 "jurisdiction_id": self.jurisdiction.jurisdiction_id,
                 "jurisdiction_name": self.jurisdiction.name,
+                "file_archiving_enabled": self.file_archiving_enabled,
             }
         )
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ def save_object(self, obj):
             # Remove redundant prefix
             try:
                 upload_file_path = file_path[
-                    file_path.index("_data") + len("_data") + 1:
+                    file_path.index("_data") + len("_data") + 1 :
                 ]
             except Exception:
                 upload_file_path = file_path
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7cc5e417..f8c2f5fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "openstates"
-version = "6.19.1"
+version = "6.19.2"
 description = "core infrastructure for the openstates project"
 authors = ["James Turk <dev@jamesturk.net>"]
 license = "MIT"