---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the confidentiality of retirement system files and records relating to health information."
description: "Concerning the confidentiality of retirement system files and records relating to health information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6499"
citation: "Washington SB 6499 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schoesler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb48f93b-d477-4e0c-8f56-317d52a41cc1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6499&year=2019"
source_hash: "3184fc12b00302327a323cc48d791a76990762c88e51f2064b00d132efdf6259"
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 6499 (2019-2020) — Concerning the confidentiality of retirement system files and records relating to health information.

## 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/6499.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6499-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schoesler — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **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 State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 323, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 11:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/cb48f93b-d477-4e0c-8f56-317d52a41cc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).