---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the terms under which tribal schools may participate in the state retirement systems as part of a state-tribal education compact."
description: "Addressing the terms under which tribal schools may participate in the state retirement systems as part of a state-tribal education compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6210"
citation: "Washington SB 6210 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "INDIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041f488a-9931-4b6b-8837-160eb82cbb8d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6210&year=2017"
source_hash: "307ffc27e78b8d64e8ed9682c3e0822c0dc81b457a1377eb2461501999dc175a"
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 6210 (2017-2018) — Addressing the terms under which tribal schools may participate in the state retirement systems as part of a state-tribal education compact.

## 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/6210.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#5) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 257, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-23** 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/041f488a-9931-4b6b-8837-160eb82cbb8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).