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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying eligibility for school employees' benefits board coverage."
description: "Clarifying eligibility for school employees' benefits board coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6189"
citation: "Washington SB 6189 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6d62133-3c50-49ea-bd0e-a72ac0f6bb66"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6189&year=2019"
source_hash: "3f5b37705ef90c560b83952583ad01be88b09c75be6626d82e0cca28e7efaeb6"
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 6189 (2019-2020) — Clarifying eligibility for school employees' benefits board coverage.
## 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/6189.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6189-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6189-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#51) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wellman — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2020-03-07** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** House receded from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended.
- **2020-03-10** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2020-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-17** Chapter 8, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-17** Effective date 3/17/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-23T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6d62133-3c50-49ea-bd0e-a72ac0f6bb66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).