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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning underground utilities and safety committee."
description: "Concerning underground utilities and safety committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6420"
citation: "Washington SB 6420 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06bd0413-9e9f-40f7-af96-df15c016179e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6420&year=2019"
source_hash: "40873690b22f2bf7fe765eba97333d8df01af0525c8bef6b30ad007b45c57aae"
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 6420 (2019-2020) — Concerning underground utilities and safety committee.
## 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/6420.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#38) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Takko — primary (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 162, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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/06bd0413-9e9f-40f7-af96-df15c016179e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).