---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning certification of the level of foreign national ownership for corporations that participate in Washington state elections."
description: "Concerning certification of the level of foreign national ownership for corporations that participate in Washington state elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6152"
citation: "Washington SB 6152 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS", "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION", "ELECTIONS", "CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f06e987-0157-4c42-92db-09a764d6f0bb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6152&year=2019"
source_hash: "fd8bb9fdc27e96e248708a150005e7dbe5fe36a09fbbe235b1f36ea7c6a4b340"
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 6152 (2019-2020) — Concerning certification of the level of foreign national ownership for corporations that participate in Washington state elections.

## 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/6152.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6152-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **30–16** (pass) · upper
- Concur in House amendment(s) (#7) — **22–26** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#55) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 152, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/4f06e987-0157-4c42-92db-09a764d6f0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).