---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining reporting for recipients of housing-related state funding by removing Washington state quality award program requirements."
description: "Streamlining reporting for recipients of housing-related state funding by removing Washington state quality award program requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6229"
citation: "Washington SB 6229 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMELESS PERSONS", "HOMES AND HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0c69176-a147-4756-848f-4570c0634786"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6229&year=2019"
source_hash: "05aad02976b80d4c43964dab1a5bd3e20378a97127fa717a6a675720e14a2ab0"
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 6229 (2019-2020) — Streamlining reporting for recipients of housing-related state funding by removing Washington state quality award program requirements.

## 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/6229.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-20** HSA - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 155, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0c69176-a147-4756-848f-4570c0634786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).