---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting fire protection service agency liability for the installation of detection devices."
description: "Limiting fire protection service agency liability for the installation of detection devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6090"
citation: "Washington SB 6090 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-18"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7053c283-2168-4b0b-b227-aa5a4670efbe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6090&year=2019"
source_hash: "2a4c1542f08ab1d18f76c9cedcffbf6d3e25e5a8d8554e47c92317f0a161a1f7"
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 6090 (2019-2020) — Limiting fire protection service agency liability for the installation of detection devices.

## 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/6090.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-01-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 149, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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/7053c283-2168-4b0b-b227-aa5a4670efbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).