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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the use of seed certification fees."
+description: "Concerning the use of seed certification fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6278"
+citation: "Washington SB 6278 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6278&year=2017"
+source_hash: "b717d1ae0de486e9b41d1b35291e26ab4ba34816848f66a9ecd3dd6ff84da4fe"
+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 6278 (2017-2018) — Concerning the use of seed certification fees.
+
+## 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/6278.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warnick — primary (person)
+- Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-25** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-01-26** 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, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **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`
+- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-22** Chapter 233, 2018 Laws. `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/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+