---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bringing the state into compliance with the federal FAST act."
description: "Bringing the state into compliance with the federal FAST act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6218"
citation: "Washington SB 6218 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726583fc-6174-46cd-8f2e-d5d07109c204"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6218&year=2017"
source_hash: "2634ac021782dba0cbb38e418404c4a03bd9aa07cb7da61fa67c92a910ae27cc"
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 6218 (2017-2018) — Bringing the state into compliance with the federal FAST act.

## 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/6218.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — 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.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; 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 105, 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/726583fc-6174-46cd-8f2e-d5d07109c204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).