---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending types of nonprofit organizations qualified to engage in gambling activities."
description: "Amending types of nonprofit organizations qualified to engage in gambling activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6120"
citation: "Washington SB 6120 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "GAMBLING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-27"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c72833f2-8b93-4487-825c-630dfeaf5e6b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6120&year=2019"
source_hash: "4d26d3df3d1e0e00cafe41a8f15f877f4aef730890709ce960640858e5edb8e4"
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 6120 (2019-2020) — Amending types of nonprofit organizations qualified to engage in gambling 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/6120.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- King — 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 Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-05** 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, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** COG - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** 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, 96; nays, 1; 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 150, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce 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
- **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/c72833f2-8b93-4487-825c-630dfeaf5e6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).