---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement."
description: "Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6170"
citation: "Washington SB 6170 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b5d631-2af7-410c-a76b-4d7016b8552a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6170&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "18e4119d659e0cac3d593bf26a9565355d4609c337e63e117264bbcb612e9151"
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 6170 (2025-2026) — Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement.

## 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/6170.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6170-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6170-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-05** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-03-09** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 125, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** 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/d9b5d631-2af7-410c-a76b-4d7016b8552a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).