---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding statewide career and technical education course equivalency options."
description: "Expanding statewide career and technical education course equivalency options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6133"
citation: "Washington SB 6133 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ff112f2-edbc-4cd8-bd50-5d1b715a8003"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6133&year=2017"
source_hash: "04e21ab9bc457bb36cd6c3818bf144d5f1f9084e54967b4aa26c860d05ef06c6"
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 6133 (2017-2018) — Expanding statewide career and technical education course equivalency options.

## 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/6133.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6133-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 191, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/7ff112f2-edbc-4cd8-bd50-5d1b715a8003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).