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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating the position of military spouse liaison."
+description: "Creating the position of military spouse liaison."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6626"
+citation: "Washington SB 6626 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8594c1a9-697b-48e1-9d27-0029d375be75"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6626&year=2019"
+source_hash: "4e75509c19bdcf48995cebe0b9d979924417a7563c07c3cf01ec6d2fc179de85"
+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 6626 (2019-2020) — Creating the position of military spouse liaison.
+
+## 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/6626.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6626.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#49) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#40) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#55) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conway — primary (person)
+- Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-05** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-05** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-28** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-03-02** Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2020-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-05** 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.
+- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-02** Chapter 328, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans 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/8594c1a9-697b-48e1-9d27-0029d375be75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+