---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Cooper Jones active transportation safety council."
description: "Concerning the Cooper Jones active transportation safety council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6493"
citation: "Washington SB 6493 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION", "BICYCLES", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce995feb-196f-413d-bfbf-8ecbb5c474ea"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6493&year=2019"
source_hash: "5a821df161709769896c2f485da08a837e5ab2d8f74e80a29b11133f5e009c64"
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 6493 (2019-2020) — Concerning the Cooper Jones active transportation safety council.

## 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/6493.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **83–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **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, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 72, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 11:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce995feb-196f-413d-bfbf-8ecbb5c474ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).