---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing."
description: "Concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6580"
citation: "Washington SB 6580 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655792c2-d594-4ee4-a94a-82389f4e90d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6580&year=2017"
source_hash: "5fc426b8cf9012e1de68a2ff489467f6046859980bc95e1780a33580f488392c"
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 6580 (2017-2018) — Concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.

## 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/6580.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#26) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; 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.
- **2018-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-22** 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, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 158, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/655792c2-d594-4ee4-a94a-82389f4e90d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).