---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring duties of the life sciences discovery fund."
description: "Transferring duties of the life sciences discovery fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5490"
citation: "Washington SB 5490 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIFE SCIENCES DISCOVERY FUND AUTHORITY", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frockt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df45cdf1-6154-47f3-9523-dbccebabbe5e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5490&year=2019"
source_hash: "70524960094d1cbc83df227a31dca7d1713dad5bfd74d9086b1d649df4565509"
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 5490 (2019-2020) — Transferring duties of the life sciences discovery fund.

## 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/5490.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#8) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frockt — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** FIET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** ITED - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 83, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 09:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development 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/df45cdf1-6154-47f3-9523-dbccebabbe5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).