---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the definition of personal information for notifying the public about data breaches of a state or local agency system."
description: "Modifying the definition of personal information for notifying the public about data breaches of a state or local agency system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6187"
citation: "Washington SB 6187 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "IDENTIFICATION", "COMPUTERS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/531a4ca1-7490-4353-90a9-6f0819d46e93"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6187&year=2019"
source_hash: "52a06c9c6a938f0634dab2ec2beb01df63737830e6d8f8ae06138654d32a6f5e"
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 6187 (2019-2020) — Modifying the definition of personal information for notifying the public about data breaches of a state or local agency system.

## 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/6187.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** ITED - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** 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.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 65, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development 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/531a4ca1-7490-4353-90a9-6f0819d46e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).