---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing meetings under the business corporations act."
description: "Addressing meetings under the business corporations act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6040"
citation: "Washington SB 6040 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eada7de3-8989-45b1-b011-53a34327d64d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6040&year=2017"
source_hash: "f826e5e2e2dfa998bf07fe7931e2d50316dcc1a1b2f3abc5901fc5dae68d19e6"
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 6040 (2017-2018) — Addressing meetings under the business corporations act.

## 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/6040.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-29** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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 55, 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/eada7de3-8989-45b1-b011-53a34327d64d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).