---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of seed certification fees."
description: "Concerning the use of seed certification fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6278"
citation: "Washington SB 6278 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6278&year=2017"
source_hash: "b717d1ae0de486e9b41d1b35291e26ab4ba34816848f66a9ecd3dd6ff84da4fe"
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 6278 (2017-2018) — Concerning the use of seed certification fees.

## 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/6278.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** AGNR - 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.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 233, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).