---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing an exemption from electrical licensing, certification, and inspection for industrial equipment."
description: "Providing an exemption from electrical licensing, certification, and inspection for industrial equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6409"
citation: "Washington SB 6409 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf1531b-361a-4519-a6bd-fef601bc026c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6409&year=2019"
source_hash: "43b4d6f2e1cbbcc412e32c737ab66a139f9f14c374cd0f97d3b722a649da908e"
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 6409 (2019-2020) — Providing an exemption from electrical licensing, certification, and inspection for industrial equipment.

## 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/6409.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6409-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **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 Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** 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.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 211, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards 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/caf1531b-361a-4519-a6bd-fef601bc026c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).