---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding ethnic studies materials and resources for public school students in grades kindergarten through six."
description: "Expanding ethnic studies materials and resources for public school students in grades kindergarten through six."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6066"
citation: "Washington SB 6066 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "MINORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-11"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0dd76a-e6b9-47bf-95d3-f81a3876ba21"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6066&year=2019"
source_hash: "d6e2f1c909792db7c06d1cd2f63fa1571aa1c78d9da5b05ab431b1bfa131bdb6"
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 6066 (2019-2020) — Expanding ethnic studies materials and resources for public school students in grades kindergarten through six.

## 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/6066.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **36–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 59, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d0dd76a-e6b9-47bf-95d3-f81a3876ba21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).