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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning industrial insurance medical examinations."
+description: "Concerning industrial insurance medical examinations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6440"
+citation: "Washington SB 6440 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7d2e652-2cfd-4a0f-809b-9e5888433be6"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6440&year=2019"
+source_hash: "70471ade05118eb051a1f896020e1e08b8cca247aeb7b211b7c7636b7102c0f7"
+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 6440 (2019-2020) — Concerning industrial insurance medical examinations.
+
+## 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/6440.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6440-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6440-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanford — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Das — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-06** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-07** On motion, referred to Rules.
+- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-06** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-07** On motion, referred to Rules.
+- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-27** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards.
+- **2020-03-03** 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`
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-27** Chapter 213, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-06T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
+- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7d2e652-2cfd-4a0f-809b-9e5888433be6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+