---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing transparency and accountability for intercollegiate athletic programs."
description: "Increasing transparency and accountability for intercollegiate athletic programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6493"
citation: "Washington SB 6493 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "SPORTS AND RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4791622-d0f3-4fa4-b360-c422b1e4cc99"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6493&year=2017"
source_hash: "e15cda19e4b4b0df9b32ed13d575019573caeb2f515b278c473dec8c3db42e4b"
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 6493 (2017-2018) — Increasing transparency and accountability for intercollegiate athletic programs.

## 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/6493.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6493-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-31** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 292, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/e4791622-d0f3-4fa4-b360-c422b1e4cc99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).