---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning industrial insurance employer penalties, duties, and the licensing of third-party administrators."
description: "Concerning industrial insurance employer penalties, duties, and the licensing of third-party administrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2409"
citation: "Washington HB 2409 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR AND INDUSTRIES", "DEPARTMENT", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e56ac0-99fe-4b85-b1f9-437be3353777"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2409&year=2019"
source_hash: "de698e6f78fcb77fc6f4c8c137e7d3446d9e215951b66e9d4c4a0110bd074995"
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 2409 (2019-2020) — Concerning industrial insurance employer penalties, duties, and the licensing of third-party administrators.

## 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/2409.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2409-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 277, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 9/1/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce 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/37e56ac0-99fe-4b85-b1f9-437be3353777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).