---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a pilot program for outdoor burning for cities or towns located partially inside a quarantine area for apple maggot."
description: "Creating a pilot program for outdoor burning for cities or towns located partially inside a quarantine area for apple maggot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6055"
citation: "Washington SB 6055 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS AND FARMING", "AGRICULTURE", "PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES", "AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-26"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/808abe3c-3b5d-4d73-a7d6-453918923247"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6055&year=2017"
source_hash: "c2fd4e0911aa74df3cb45c0c0295c133c0ec519420e5657bc45ab4b49532fd13"
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 6055 (2017-2018) — Creating a pilot program for outdoor burning for cities or towns located partially inside a quarantine area for apple maggot.

## 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/6055.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6055-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-26** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** EENT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** EENT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** House receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 147, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/808abe3c-3b5d-4d73-a7d6-453918923247`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).