---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders of law enforcement and firefighters."
description: "Allowing industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders of law enforcement and firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6214"
citation: "Washington SB 6214 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "FIREFIGHTERS", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe8739c-3b9d-431d-9eac-c0452f2a2407"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6214&year=2017"
source_hash: "1be8d2465e588ac5870686dfd5fc6ff86b0ba71a09f285a89baedc50c9f56e0c"
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 6214 (2017-2018) — Allowing industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders of law enforcement and firefighters.

## 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/6214.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6214-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-24** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** 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, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 264, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-23** 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/7fe8739c-3b9d-431d-9eac-c0452f2a2407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).