---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the authority of port districts to offer programs relating to air quality improvement equipment and fuel programs that provide emission reductions for engines, vehicles, and vessels."
description: "Clarifying the authority of port districts to offer programs relating to air quality improvement equipment and fuel programs that provide emission reductions for engines, vehicles, and vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6207"
citation: "Washington SB 6207 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT DISTRICTS", "AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901a3895-01c3-47c1-b64a-a7d7c43aaf95"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6207&year=2017"
source_hash: "780f98140f1fd1147d91339eb9d4b4a8468bf24508d614ed6d76f522f19eb5fb"
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 6207 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the authority of port districts to offer programs relating to air quality improvement equipment and fuel programs that provide emission reductions for engines, vehicles, and vessels.

## 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/6207.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#31) — **63–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not 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, 63; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 148, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/901a3895-01c3-47c1-b64a-a7d7c43aaf95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).