---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the taxation of international investment management companies."
description: "Concerning the taxation of international investment management companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6016"
citation: "Washington SB 6016 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa1f2def-5325-49a8-a872-8f95502d7052"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6016&year=2019"
source_hash: "97b3844693d8e3e9ce892b5796075895e3dc5674a68ff2e339d782129b8efa7a"
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 6016 (2019-2020) — Concerning the taxation of international investment management companies.

## 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/6016.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6016.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **27–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-27** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-27** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **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 426, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-04-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-27T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM
- **2019-04-27T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa1f2def-5325-49a8-a872-8f95502d7052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).