---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting transparency in certain industrial insurance rate increases."
description: "Promoting transparency in certain industrial insurance rate increases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6136"
citation: "Washington SB 6136 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f256c25-e248-415a-ba49-d2bb9f871086"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6136&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bc31d850733c6394287b6979d20c026d89c23dcbc126c03f65bcb5be5fd4112b"
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 6136 (2025-2026) — Promoting transparency in certain industrial insurance rate increases.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6136.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6136.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 162, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f256c25-e248-415a-ba49-d2bb9f871086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).