---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing a permanent fire protection district benefit charge with voter approval."
description: "Allowing a permanent fire protection district benefit charge with voter approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6415"
citation: "Washington SB 6415 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Das"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4118f1ae-09a1-464e-97f0-b0d4e76bcff0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6415&year=2019"
source_hash: "332ad40820c3c0f24766d8f59ea989307ed5b6248be6c2a1a3f7fc9c01536bdc"
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 6415 (2019-2020) — Allowing a permanent fire protection district benefit charge with voter approval.

## 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/6415.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6415-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **72–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Das — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LGOV - 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 by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** LGOV - 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 by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 99, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4118f1ae-09a1-464e-97f0-b0d4e76bcff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).