---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning a rail line over the Milwaukee Road corridor."
description: "Concerning a rail line over the Milwaukee Road corridor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6363"
citation: "Washington SB 6363 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a03784e-2888-4bce-940d-26d04a7f127a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6363&year=2017"
source_hash: "7d4c20aafc2817e14e3c1acbc11a644f0f939672cdc0ea514f25b0c51c01d893"
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 6363 (2017-2018) — Concerning a rail line over the Milwaukee Road corridor.

## 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/6363.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 279, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/8a03784e-2888-4bce-940d-26d04a7f127a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).