---
type: "Bill"
title: "Granting relief of unemployment benefit charges when discharge is required by law and removing outdated statutory language."
description: "Granting relief of unemployment benefit charges when discharge is required by law and removing outdated statutory language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2613"
citation: "Washington HB 2613 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7249e63e-05d6-42a0-9ba5-b44105b0ff78"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2613&year=2019"
source_hash: "c999936d0c2e6cc41d56a11a30805bd83d8a573b33d3586a43a6ecb6c12fedd4"
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HB 2613 (2019-2020) — Granting relief of unemployment benefit charges when discharge is required by law and removing outdated statutory language.

## 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/2613.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2613-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 86, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7249e63e-05d6-42a0-9ba5-b44105b0ff78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).