---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the department to use a different assumption for annual investment returns for the reserve funds for self-insured and state fund pension claims."
description: "Allowing the department to use a different assumption for annual investment returns for the reserve funds for self-insured and state fund pension claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6393"
citation: "Washington SB 6393 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abc7c594-2e06-4b74-9712-9f6f8a1b9e6a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6393&year=2017"
source_hash: "30feebb2175f82c93a5133e5c23e1a817d1d8ff82714f5c77fb6eef3c0c46b3a"
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 6393 (2017-2018) — Allowing the department to use a different assumption for annual investment returns for the reserve funds for self-insured and state fund pension claims.

## 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/6393.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** LBRC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-10** 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 Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-03-01** 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 282, 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/abc7c594-2e06-4b74-9712-9f6f8a1b9e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).