---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fiscal matters."
description: "Relating to fiscal matters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6004"
citation: "Washington SB 6004 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-01"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0155f799-5799-4055-a199-4d7e3d088c1e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6004&year=2019"
source_hash: "fd4f8973adc307cd0069a7d85958f6c50e0b218cc5f603c4c01a210b73e4e2b4"
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 6004 (2019-2020) — Relating to fiscal matters.

## 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/6004.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6004-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6004-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **27–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 425, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/0155f799-5799-4055-a199-4d7e3d088c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).