---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning aerospace business and occupation taxes and world trade organization compliance."
description: "Concerning aerospace business and occupation taxes and world trade organization compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6690"
citation: "Washington SB 6690 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c851add-3d24-40d0-94af-456f5e0d3a23"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6690&year=2019"
source_hash: "d80fa8489e3a1dc30ff3a661353c092dbc1439304a4188dff0ab270ee796de30"
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 6690 (2019-2020) — Concerning aerospace business and occupation taxes and world trade organization compliance.

## 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/6690.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6690.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#62) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **73–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-11** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2020-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 165, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 3/25/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c851add-3d24-40d0-94af-456f5e0d3a23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).