---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the collection process for existing vehicle service transactions."
description: "Clarifying the collection process for existing vehicle service transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6438"
citation: "Washington SB 6438 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6465c7b-5add-46e9-bc2e-48163293ded7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6438&year=2017"
source_hash: "2fd0837a9d3fa87de17b1349ec0740913b760987a8e82ff9a659c08f890ea1a1"
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 6438 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the collection process for existing vehicle service transactions.

## 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/6438.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6438-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **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.
- **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, 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.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 79, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 4/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6465c7b-5add-46e9-bc2e-48163293ded7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).