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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extending the duration of the collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine."
+description: "Extending the duration of the collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6163"
+citation: "Washington SB 6163 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86044116-32e2-4359-848b-6e1318cb634f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6163&year=2017"
+source_hash: "7da0236ecf9f8f18b66c1dadc9d8d29afcea9dfb59d3dd2ace5e775b8ac0b94f"
+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 6163 (2017-2018) — Extending the duration of the collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine.
+
+## 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/6163.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becker — primary (person)
+- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Fain — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-01** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-23** Chapter 256, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-23** 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/86044116-32e2-4359-848b-6e1318cb634f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+