republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-6236.md

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Bill	Concerning certain noneconomic damage waivers.	Concerning certain noneconomic damage waivers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 6236	Washington SB 6236 (2019-2020)	bill	DISCRIMINATION	enacted	Kuderer	1	26	2	2020-01-10	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/58a2c4b9-0d38-4050-bf33-267c29a63954	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6236&year=2019	e32dfa4e75963cd3a3ba3a87ca0aa79805520fa216dc6f10f1e5dcb5bf5edf89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6236 (2019-2020) — Concerning certain noneconomic damage waivers.

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 (#9) — 45–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — 56–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kuderer — primary (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-10 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2020-01-13 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2020-01-30 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-01-31 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-02-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-02-19 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-19 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-02-24 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2020-02-28 CRJ - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-28 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-02-28 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-03-05 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-03-09 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-11 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-31 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-31 Chapter 254, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-31 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-01-27T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
• 2020-01-30T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-28T13:00:00+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/58a2c4b9-0d38-4050-bf33-267c29a63954. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).