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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee."
+description: "Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6197"
+citation: "Washington SB 6197 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR", "WAGES AND HOURS", "DEATH", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dce71d20-5c04-4613-be9b-7164d65c71ee"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6197&year=2017"
+source_hash: "bf8dbf37d136ab5be092109dc06970c422f5a855b9da14ec555bd4d7fbeff8e8"
+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 6197 (2017-2018) — Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee.
+
+## 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/6197.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keiser — primary (person)
+- Baumgartner — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-13** Chapter 57, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-13** 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/dce71d20-5c04-4613-be9b-7164d65c71ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+