---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the statute of limitations for unfair labor practice complaints filed in superior court."
description: "Concerning the statute of limitations for unfair labor practice complaints filed in superior court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6231"
citation: "Washington SB 6231 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "FERRIES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COURTS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "MUSIC AND MUSICIANS", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d937f8-087a-4122-92e2-d6bb33b19360"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6231&year=2017"
source_hash: "c12991c137a9a1e2aa44e4978fd63d8d93dc34425bf91eaec617a916603d7b41"
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 6231 (2017-2018) — Concerning the statute of limitations for unfair labor practice complaints filed in superior court.

## 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/6231.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#11) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **27–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-17** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 252, 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/f0d937f8-087a-4122-92e2-d6bb33b19360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).