---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the authority and procedures for contracting by public port districts."
description: "Clarifying the authority and procedures for contracting by public port districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6329"
citation: "Washington SB 6329 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT DISTRICTS", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1132db48-6c34-401e-99c4-5f3156d6da46"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6329&year=2017"
source_hash: "4a65dd32e2fd4bcc4ad5a40f86b9c2504c61e0ac2168083ccd1f99ddb033e2b6"
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 6329 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the authority and procedures for contracting by public port districts.

## 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/6329.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6329-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6329-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-25** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2018-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 149, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/1132db48-6c34-401e-99c4-5f3156d6da46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).