---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for large private airplanes."
description: "Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for large private airplanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6068"
citation: "Washington SB 6068 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - AIRCRAFT EXCISE", "AERONAUTICS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-12"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb56fef8-3646-47c1-a3b3-b73fda59dfdd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6068&year=2019"
source_hash: "22c23195c7b11b73eba81cb96eda73a8918f1c4169af8a9072fde7f97b36411d"
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 6068 (2019-2020) — Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for large private airplanes.

## 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/6068.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6068-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 304, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance 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/fb56fef8-3646-47c1-a3b3-b73fda59dfdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).