---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving fiscal responsibility and budget discipline by replacing the spending limit with additional four-year balanced budget requirements."
description: "Improving fiscal responsibility and budget discipline by replacing the spending limit with additional four-year balanced budget requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6660"
citation: "Washington SB 6660 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC AND REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL", "BUDGETS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c75309ee-76f4-4d4f-810a-4e4fef948d3a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6660&year=2019"
source_hash: "c7e5124d0d4099b20a82505d959b1e7ac5705a66278a258595dd13950db020ed"
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 6660 (2019-2020) — Improving fiscal responsibility and budget discipline by replacing the spending limit with additional four-year balanced budget requirements.

## 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/6660.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6660-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 218, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 7/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/c75309ee-76f4-4d4f-810a-4e4fef948d3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).