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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records."
+description: "Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2020"
+citation: "Washington HB 2020 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b8e4ad1-7402-4d8f-aa6c-00dd1fb661a5"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2020&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e39d63b52b3409e8684d1b77523fdb9bce69f4e2a3696e54f76a0e6ab93e73bf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 2020 (2019-2020) — Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2020.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2020.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#25) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dolan — primary (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
+- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
+- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-29** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
+- **2019-04-27** Senate insists on its position and asks House to concur.
+- **2019-04-27** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-09** Chapter 349, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b8e4ad1-7402-4d8f-aa6c-00dd1fb661a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+