---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining the planting and harvest dates for purposes of exemptions for agricultural transporters."
description: "Defining the planting and harvest dates for purposes of exemptions for agricultural transporters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6180"
citation: "Washington SB 6180 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb220855-305e-4490-85a4-f30de8340617"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6180&year=2017"
source_hash: "8043ce74d87898bc5281166f2e7de3faa5e6a34f828a517f9347bcb4efc233ad"
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 6180 (2017-2018) — Defining the planting and harvest dates for purposes of exemptions for agricultural transporters.

## 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/6180.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#26) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 33, 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/bb220855-305e-4490-85a4-f30de8340617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).