---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws."
description: "Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6027"
citation: "Washington SB 6027 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5faa49f4-7f49-4eda-8ce5-f24a188a1dd1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6027&year=2017"
source_hash: "04c42bbbd6f4fd8eeea81cb1b56e47e34f7c6c2250574e628bd26655b981aa99"
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 6027 (2017-2018) — Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws.

## 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/6027.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#36) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#50) — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **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, 42; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** 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.
- **2018-02-26** 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, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 70, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/5faa49f4-7f49-4eda-8ce5-f24a188a1dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).