---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties."
description: "Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6053"
citation: "Washington SB 6053 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "NAMED ACTS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-22"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c565d82b-8f06-442a-b82b-46ebcf7411f3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6053&year=2017"
source_hash: "22f3349121a394008abc0388bb08f7ab850baf4ec5e9340ea50e2da6526597c0"
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 6053 (2017-2018) — Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties.

## 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/6053.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-22** 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, 98; nays, 0; 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 63, 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/c565d82b-8f06-442a-b82b-46ebcf7411f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).