---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing civil service qualifications."
description: "Addressing civil service qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6145"
citation: "Washington SB 6145 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "FIREFIGHTERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "IMMIGRATION", "IMMIGRANTS", "AND IMMIGRATION STATUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20add787-0602-4415-8295-38b789269845"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6145&year=2017"
source_hash: "0f18fe3d1ecfb16760d994a8389b24e5f3090216eee745d7d0c68c7f945fcfb5"
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 6145 (2017-2018) — Addressing civil service qualifications.

## 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/6145.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#35) — **84–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** LAW - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-16** And refer to Labor & Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Labor & Commerce.
- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LAWS - 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, 84; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 32, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** 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/20add787-0602-4415-8295-38b789269845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).