---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning population-based representation on the governing body of public transportation benefit areas."
description: "Concerning population-based representation on the governing body of public transportation benefit areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6414"
citation: "Washington SB 6414 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC TRANSIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e22766cc-191c-428e-bb41-057b1d4f420b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6414&year=2017"
source_hash: "2ba32b77e28f8a5f8f50dda3f3fe023c248c24d35264aacf9a5c37ccb238f815"
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 6414 (2017-2018) — Concerning population-based representation on the governing body of public transportation benefit areas.

## 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/6414.htm)

## Votes

- 663 Padden Pg 1 Ln 16 (#12) — **11–37** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage (#35) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **25–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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** Minority; do not 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, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 154, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** Effective date 8/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e22766cc-191c-428e-bb41-057b1d4f420b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).