---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the annual reporting requirements for regulated utility and transportation companies."
description: "Concerning the annual reporting requirements for regulated utility and transportation companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6179"
citation: "Washington SB 6179 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666b6e72-4ce0-42b2-ba19-571debc65873"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6179&year=2017"
source_hash: "6fd8a874b5ab3b846ab75000a6a1d2591877f2dfb1db8198df114de23678731e"
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 6179 (2017-2018) — Concerning the annual reporting requirements for regulated utility and transportation companies.

## 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/6179.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#28) — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carlyle — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** EENT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** TED - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 104, 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/666b6e72-4ce0-42b2-ba19-571debc65873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).