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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying write-in voting provisions."
+description: "Modifying write-in voting provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6058"
+citation: "Washington SB 6058 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-12-26"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3985e430-aa3d-4aa0-a65a-667c387b5207"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6058&year=2017"
+source_hash: "e74f8d755ff3e3f06a82169bb66c54538013c35960c03f3ec3b2c66d2329869a"
+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 6058 (2017-2018) — Modifying write-in voting provisions.
+
+## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6058.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hunt — primary (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-26** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-19** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-01-19** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-22** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2018-03-22** Chapter 187, 2018 Laws PV. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3985e430-aa3d-4aa0-a65a-667c387b5207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+