---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute."
description: "Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6069"
citation: "Washington SB 6069 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9deb65-26ab-48c6-9f7a-da1045bd6ddc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6069&year=2023"
source_hash: "d13328f22d87189affad214764d730021634f27bb0c2163a9e0d221c0b6c31fb"
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 6069 (2023-2024) — Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6069.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6069-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6069-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6069-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage As Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#43) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#40) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **35–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-02** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Consumer Protection & Business. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** House receded from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2024-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 35; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 327, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 6/6/2024*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba9deb65-26ab-48c6-9f7a-da1045bd6ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).