---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting agricultural workers and community members from pesticides."
description: "Protecting agricultural workers and community members from pesticides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6529"
citation: "Washington SB 6529 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES", "LABOR", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2182879b-85e3-4fca-98dc-57dd5092fa81"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6529&year=2017"
source_hash: "e9be786a972b92795d9ff126a1eec5c08d0310f9e62633a0bb4ce3405ed316ee"
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 6529 (2017-2018) — Protecting agricultural workers and community members from pesticides.

## 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/6529.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6529-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6529-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6529-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#20) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 108, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/2182879b-85e3-4fca-98dc-57dd5092fa81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).