---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing the debenture company laws from the securities act of Washington."
description: "Repealing the debenture company laws from the securities act of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6131"
citation: "Washington SB 6131 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SECURITIES", "NAMED ACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6d1a618-2e6f-42a3-90de-daa9f14c49d3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6131&year=2019"
source_hash: "f3d7fc5b26ef8424687432250f7802f3be7718696da050cb3e5de827c5d618d6"
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 6131 (2019-2020) — Repealing the debenture company laws from the securities act of Washington.

## 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/6131.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** 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.
- **2020-01-22** 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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 151, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** 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
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6d1a618-2e6f-42a3-90de-daa9f14c49d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).