---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records."
description: "Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2020"
citation: "Washington HB 2020 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b8e4ad1-7402-4d8f-aa6c-00dd1fb661a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2020&year=2019"
source_hash: "e39d63b52b3409e8684d1b77523fdb9bce69f4e2a3696e54f76a0e6ab93e73bf"
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 HB 2020 (2019-2020) — Exempting the disclosure of names in employment investigation records.

## 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/House%20Bills/2020.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2020.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Senate insists on its position and asks House to concur.
- **2019-04-27** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 349, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections 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/2b8e4ad1-7402-4d8f-aa6c-00dd1fb661a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).