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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning confidentiality of employment security department records and data."
+description: "Concerning confidentiality of employment security department records and data."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 5439"
+citation: "Washington SB 5439 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-21"
+last_action: "2019-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76ef1504-a8fa-4d52-a26c-30b82216470f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5439&year=2019"
+source_hash: "9fd44d82b91bea5f6d45118d71cb49793207a38f4f78af6ea364b8e322c66b00"
+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 SB 5439 (2019-2020) — Concerning confidentiality of employment security department records and data.
+
+## 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/Senate%20Bills/5439.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5439.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#7) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keiser — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-28** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-01-28** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2019-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-19** Chapter 81, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-01-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-01-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
+- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards 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/76ef1504-a8fa-4d52-a26c-30b82216470f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+