---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning security freeze fees charged by consumer reporting agencies."
description: "Concerning security freeze fees charged by consumer reporting agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6018"
citation: "Washington SB 6018 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-11"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f844129f-45cd-452a-9c0a-ab602f0af98d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6018&year=2017"
source_hash: "107262ffb050659b25a058dbc79aac7b97134333fae0f8f77c538206f0a333ff"
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 6018 (2017-2018) — Concerning security freeze fees charged by consumer reporting agencies.

## 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/6018.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6018.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#1) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** FI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-01-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 54, 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/f844129f-45cd-452a-9c0a-ab602f0af98d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).