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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning certain noneconomic damage waivers."
description: "Concerning certain noneconomic damage waivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6236"
citation: "Washington SB 6236 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a2c4b9-0d38-4050-bf33-267c29a63954"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6236&year=2019"
source_hash: "e32dfa4e75963cd3a3ba3a87ca0aa79805520fa216dc6f10f1e5dcb5bf5edf89"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6236.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a2c4b9-0d38-4050-bf33-267c29a63954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).