---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a student loan bill of rights."
description: "Establishing a student loan bill of rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6029"
citation: "Washington SB 6029 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "STUDIES", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL", "NAMED ACTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d9feac-5485-476e-8e4f-b89b5a83da9b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6029&year=2017"
source_hash: "b5d2415c893ee665b135a9833c96dc00f9ce5b4fe5339dec91134737312ea548"
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 6029 (2017-2018) — Establishing a student loan bill of rights.

## 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/6029.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6029-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6029-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6029-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **87–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-19** 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.
- **2018-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-18** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-19** 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.
- **2018-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 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.
- **2018-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 11; 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 62, 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/45d9feac-5485-476e-8e4f-b89b5a83da9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).