---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing state employee leave for organ donation."
description: "Allowing state employee leave for organ donation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6123"
citation: "Washington SB 6123 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-31"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02fb390c-ad4b-4775-8de4-c1eafccd86a7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6123&year=2019"
source_hash: "1995e112233f1b2b11875cea5ba231377ebe192ee76dce365faa3527b9fc33b7"
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 6123 (2019-2020) — Allowing state employee leave for organ donation.

## 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/6123.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** 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.
- **2020-03-05** 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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 305, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-29T20:30:00+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
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+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/02fb390c-ad4b-4775-8de4-c1eafccd86a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).