---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating laws concerning agricultural fairs, youth shows, and exhibitions."
description: "Updating laws concerning agricultural fairs, youth shows, and exhibitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6368"
citation: "Washington SB 6368 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5586fed0-76e8-4f1d-8f93-d3e7c08ba584"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6368&year=2017"
source_hash: "6d6b5659b48bb9f67cd0f7a9d258cd08fe977e8879331f33ebb8324ae71b1ff4"
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 6368 (2017-2018) — Updating laws concerning agricultural fairs, youth shows, and exhibitions.

## 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/6368.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#29) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Economic Development & International Trade. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** EDIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** 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.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 280, 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/5586fed0-76e8-4f1d-8f93-d3e7c08ba584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).