---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting stop signal requirements for school buses."
description: "Adjusting stop signal requirements for school buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6102"
citation: "Washington SB 6102 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/878f8083-64bf-4ced-a8ee-5520f36f37cc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6102&year=2019"
source_hash: "245bab8aea94f147d8c786e8a7157597bd76dbca776988f24c02b77de5ed6099"
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 6102 (2019-2020) — Adjusting stop signal requirements for school buses.

## 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/6102.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** TR - 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.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 95, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation 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/878f8083-64bf-4ced-a8ee-5520f36f37cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).