BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 6321: NTSB recommend. compliance

Addressing the compliance of certain national transportation safety board recommendations.

Summary

Requires the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to review and monitor the actions taken by the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT), the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), and Sound Transit to comply with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations regarding the Point Defiance bypass derailment.
Disallows passenger rail service on the Point Defiance bypass until the UTC submits confirmation to the Governor and the transportation committees of the Legislature that DOT, Amtrak, and Sound Transit have complied with the NTSB recommendations.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6321), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the compliance of certain national transportation safety board recommendations;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6321 (2025–26) Scientific research · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6321 (2023–24) Rental housing · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6321 (2017–18) Public utility revenues/fire · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6321 (2015–16) Industrial insurance workers · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6321 (2013–14) PERS, SERS, TRS contrib rate · Enacted · Chapter 95, Laws of 2014
SB 6321 (2011–12) Using records/housing opps · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6321 (2009–10) Washington park arboretum · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6321 (2007–08) Jurisdictional transfers · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House