---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning background checks for persons providing child care services."
description: "Concerning background checks for persons providing child care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6404"
citation: "Washington SB 6404 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622a445e-cd58-4ce5-a79e-174263a65805"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6404&year=2017"
source_hash: "0dae6b75add4eb78ebcad64e5c96dfe0b3e552d712829b728709aeaca5d8bb80"
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 6404 (2017-2018) — Concerning background checks for persons providing child care services.

## 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/6404.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 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 Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 59, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622a445e-cd58-4ce5-a79e-174263a65805`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).