republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-6037.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

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Bill	Concerning business corporations.	Concerning business corporations.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 6037	Washington SB 6037 (2019-2020)	bill	WOMEN NAMED ACTS CORPORATIONS GENDER IDENTITY	enacted	Pedersen	2	31	2	2019-12-03	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/da1f82f1-d3ac-431a-a038-29d4f27c1aa6	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6037&year=2019	6d470248d98249e6abbae6341ea576b580c2010f1a6fc9ae26d03496f38b85f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6037 (2019-2020) — Concerning business corporations.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 32–14 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 56–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pedersen — primary (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-03 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2020-01-13 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2020-01-16 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-01-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-01-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-01-24 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-01-16 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-01-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-01-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-01-24 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-01-24 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-01-24 Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2020-01-27 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2020-02-21 CRJ - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2020-03-04 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-05 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-27 Chapter 194, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-27 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-01-14T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
• 2020-01-16T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-21T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-14T13:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/da1f82f1-d3ac-431a-a038-29d4f27c1aa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).