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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning tourism authorities."
+description: "Concerning tourism authorities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6592"
+citation: "Washington SB 6592 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "TOURISM", "LODGING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-23"
+last_action: "2020-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7abc29ce-1053-4d5b-a5c3-c7eee77cfce0"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6592&year=2019"
+source_hash: "379093d4fd7ef390fbc3a4ce8486e6f6cec7f54e35d288acc53912dd565a73a8"
+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 6592 (2019-2020) — Concerning tourism authorities.
+
+## 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/6592.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6592-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6592-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Holy — primary (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Takko — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-28** FIET - Majority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-01-28** And refer to Local Government. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-29** Referred to Local Government.
+- **2020-02-04** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-04** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-28** ITED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Finance.
+- **2020-03-02** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Innovation, Technology & Economic Development.
+- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** 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 215, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-28T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:30 AM
+- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-03-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-03-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance 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/7abc29ce-1053-4d5b-a5c3-c7eee77cfce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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