republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2602.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning hair discrimination.	Concerning hair discrimination.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2602	Washington HB 2602 (2019-2020)	bill	DISCRIMINATION AFRICAN-AMERICANS MINORITIES	enacted	Morgan	1	25	2	2020-01-16	2020-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/f0e7866c-6a7a-428d-8212-e34e55094990	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2602&year=2019	ff28f7d6bb531afecb71d66661ae3009a6e173d37ac0e45d953fb420113e6bc3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/f0e7866c-6a7a-428d-8212-e34e55094990. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).