---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing that money laundering forfeited proceeds and property be used for improvement of gambling-related law enforcement activities."
description: "Authorizing that money laundering forfeited proceeds and property be used for improvement of gambling-related law enforcement activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6119"
citation: "Washington SB 6119 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CURRENCY", "CRIMES", "GAMBLING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-27"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc93fdae-6d83-4173-bf2a-827aed4f4ea0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6119&year=2019"
source_hash: "9143b7a3df2a71433856805b4e81dd1caf525094aa5761db7809483a93c41e1f"
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 6119 (2019-2020) — Authorizing that money laundering forfeited proceeds and property be used for improvement of gambling-related law enforcement activities.

## 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/6119.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#45) — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-27** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-24** 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, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 62, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming 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/cc93fdae-6d83-4173-bf2a-827aed4f4ea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).