---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dividing the state wildlife account into the fish, wildlife, and conservation account and the limited fish and wildlife account."
description: "Dividing the state wildlife account into the fish, wildlife, and conservation account and the limited fish and wildlife account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6072"
citation: "Washington SB 6072 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "WILDLIFE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "FISH", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-12"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41fd114-85b8-4a5a-bea0-6ac0f0c4f87d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6072&year=2019"
source_hash: "2000267006af3bd082f48090b47cd62753130ad545bfd32fef9ab64278f2105b"
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 6072 (2019-2020) — Dividing the state wildlife account into the fish, wildlife, and conservation account and the limited fish and wildlife account.

## 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/6072.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6072-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — 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`
- **2020-01-23** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 148, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 7/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-23T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41fd114-85b8-4a5a-bea0-6ac0f0c4f87d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).