---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the expiration date of the department of ecology's authority to enter into voluntary regional agreements."
description: "Extending the expiration date of the department of ecology's authority to enter into voluntary regional agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6125"
citation: "Washington SB 6125 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RIVERS AND STREAMS", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "WATER RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be423a8-74d1-4fa4-bc68-20e74505ce37"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6125&year=2017"
source_hash: "c2904bda781f26b16f14ef94b98968311a424ac2e0ff125fd67f291cdedefa52"
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 6125 (2017-2018) — Extending the expiration date of the department of ecology's authority to enter into voluntary regional agreements.

## 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/6125.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#34) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-19** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 72, 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/3be423a8-74d1-4fa4-bc68-20e74505ce37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).