---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding domestic violence harassment to the list of offenses for which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm."
description: "Adding domestic violence harassment to the list of offenses for which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6298"
citation: "Washington SB 6298 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/826ea046-037d-4d33-9ea4-ee3d81ae75e6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6298&year=2017"
source_hash: "c84ec5ae78b0bf394690918aefea86a1943cfe506078f99775a2570693668e44"
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 6298 (2017-2018) — Adding domestic violence harassment to the list of offenses for which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

## 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/6298.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#45) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **39–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 13; 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 with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 234, 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/826ea046-037d-4d33-9ea4-ee3d81ae75e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).