---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Washington achieving a better life experience program account."
description: "Concerning the Washington achieving a better life experience program account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6221"
citation: "Washington SB 6221 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c216ecf-6ab1-464a-9e13-51e012632cc1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6221&year=2017"
source_hash: "971e66bc6a393dc3a9ac09ccc890031b2a8abba36ebdff5fa9550ed4e88e93a5"
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 6221 (2017-2018) — Concerning the Washington achieving a better life experience program account.

## 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/6221.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6221-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walsh — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-30** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** ELHS - Majority; do 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 76, 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/5c216ecf-6ab1-464a-9e13-51e012632cc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).