---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting certain requirements of the shared leave program."
description: "Adjusting certain requirements of the shared leave program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2739"
citation: "Washington HB 2739 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec1da3c5-8184-484c-be7b-f0e41d930dbb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2739&year=2019"
source_hash: "f91f7c313a1497e0a0d17c26e0f6dc314aa5a75bf50cc898c0528fc59b7a0f4f"
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 2739 (2019-2020) — Adjusting certain requirements of the shared leave program.

## 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/2739.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-05** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2020-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-17** Chapter 6, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-17** Effective date 3/17/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections 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/ec1da3c5-8184-484c-be7b-f0e41d930dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).