---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning hair discrimination."
description: "Concerning hair discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2602"
citation: "Washington HB 2602 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "AFRICAN-AMERICANS", "MINORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0e7866c-6a7a-428d-8212-e34e55094990"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2602&year=2019"
source_hash: "ff28f7d6bb531afecb71d66661ae3009a6e173d37ac0e45d953fb420113e6bc3"
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 HB 2602 (2019-2020) — Concerning hair discrimination.

## 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/House%20Bills/2602.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **38–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 9; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 85, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0e7866c-6a7a-428d-8212-e34e55094990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).