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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning underground utilities and safety committee."
+description: "Concerning underground utilities and safety committee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6420"
+citation: "Washington SB 6420 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06bd0413-9e9f-40f7-af96-df15c016179e"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6420&year=2019"
+source_hash: "40873690b22f2bf7fe765eba97333d8df01af0525c8bef6b30ad007b45c57aae"
+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 6420 (2019-2020) — Concerning underground utilities and safety committee.
+
+## 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/6420.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#38) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Takko — primary (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-23** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-26** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-25** Chapter 162, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06bd0413-9e9f-40f7-af96-df15c016179e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+