---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning bone marrow donation information provided to driver's license and identicard applicants."
description: "Concerning bone marrow donation information provided to driver's license and identicard applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6155"
citation: "Washington SB 6155 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "HEALTH CARE", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0a8de3-2e16-45e6-9eee-deda1524e63b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6155&year=2017"
source_hash: "d18f7542bd711851675e14edb1ddc18cdafcb7f8e61644a1e48420743b7b2f82"
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 6155 (2017-2018) — Concerning bone marrow donation information provided to driver's license and identicard applicants.

## 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/6155.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6155-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-29** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 192, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/ad0a8de3-2e16-45e6-9eee-deda1524e63b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).