---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning business corporations."
description: "Concerning business corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6037"
citation: "Washington SB 6037 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WOMEN", "NAMED ACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "GENDER IDENTITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-03"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da1f82f1-d3ac-431a-a038-29d4f27c1aa6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6037&year=2019"
source_hash: "6d470248d98249e6abbae6341ea576b580c2010f1a6fc9ae26d03496f38b85f1"
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 6037 (2019-2020) — Concerning business corporations.

## 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/6037.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6037-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **56–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-24** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-24** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 194, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-16T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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/da1f82f1-d3ac-431a-a038-29d4f27c1aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).