---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring that water is available to support development."
description: "Ensuring that water is available to support development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6091"
citation: "Washington SB 6091 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "LEGISLATURE", "BONDS", "WATER RIGHTS", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "SUBDIVISIONS", "WATER", "BUILDING CODES AND PERMITS", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-01-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70e09c7-3871-41b9-a000-2dee6ab872b7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6091&year=2017"
source_hash: "3aacd43ee2fa98b0601fca397ba34acfad1e29aad1d4ce6d5d3ee0755cbc47e2"
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 6091 (2017-2018) — Ensuring that water is available to support development.

## 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/6091.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6091-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6091-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **35–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-11** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-01-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-01-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-19** Chapter 1, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-01-19** Effective date 1/19/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70e09c7-3871-41b9-a000-2dee6ab872b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).