---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the farm internship program."
description: "Extending the farm internship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6421"
citation: "Washington SB 6421 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muzzall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/629512f0-c9c8-4c8d-afbb-82b9f0208aee"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6421&year=2019"
source_hash: "3b8cb721e3e3f3639024ed4a3fc1eb2e905eb0384262e22e7e549e4f77f3f809"
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 6421 (2019-2020) — Extending the farm internship program.

## 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/6421.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6421.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muzzall — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **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`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 212, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 3/27/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-03T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **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/629512f0-c9c8-4c8d-afbb-82b9f0208aee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).