---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the insurance commissioner to review a health carrier's surplus levels as part of its rate filing review process."
description: "Requiring the insurance commissioner to review a health carrier's surplus levels as part of its rate filing review process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6097"
citation: "Washington SB 6097 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-19"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ba46dc8-f138-4b8a-bb71-13c5c14c2b3d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6097&year=2019"
source_hash: "ca1f8dfb8a04b494e5558d3512f62f3cd53e36042730eec0543a72e871f17c63"
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 6097 (2019-2020) — Requiring the insurance commissioner to review a health carrier's surplus levels as part of its rate filing review process.

## 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/6097.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6097-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6097-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#42) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **83–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 247, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness 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/9ba46dc8-f138-4b8a-bb71-13c5c14c2b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).