---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying reimbursement for certain clean-up or removal actions by fire protection jurisdictions."
description: "Clarifying reimbursement for certain clean-up or removal actions by fire protection jurisdictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6078"
citation: "Washington SB 6078 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-16"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb70934e-71ed-4607-af21-8a4bf71fb843"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6078&year=2019"
source_hash: "7dec2588d93165e482e9b2bc15394cff9944193bd5282c39d34e54e57217138f"
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 6078 (2019-2020) — Clarifying reimbursement for certain clean-up or removal actions by fire protection jurisdictions.

## 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/6078.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **37–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** FIET - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** 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.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 198, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-16T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:30 AM
- **2020-01-21T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:30 AM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb70934e-71ed-4607-af21-8a4bf71fb843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).