---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018."
description: "Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6002"
citation: "Washington SB 6002 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "NAMED ACTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "ELECTIONS", "FIRE PROTECTION", "PORT DISTRICTS", "DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-12-06"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b57bf6cc-5d79-4c1b-80f6-b426ba53edd9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6002&year=2017"
source_hash: "a04cc4d755bc621109d55b92d57b597657b13011bd350c52fe00126418fd6025"
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 6002 (2017-2018) — Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018.

## 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/6002.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6002-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6002-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- 337 Baumgartner Pg 5 Ln 9 (#4) — **18–27** (fail) · upper
- 334 Fortunato Pg 10 Ln 9 (#5) — **19–26** (fail) · upper
- 1176 Irwin Pg 2 Ln 33 (#6) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- 335 Padden Pg 16 Ln 16 (#6) — **20–25** (fail) · upper
- 333 Baumgartner Striker (#7) — **19–26** (fail) · upper
- 1165 Walsh Pg 14 Ln 17 (#7) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-12** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-12** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-12** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-12** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-01-17** Held on second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading.
- **2018-01-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2018-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-19** Chapter 113, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-19** 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/b57bf6cc-5d79-4c1b-80f6-b426ba53edd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).