republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6002.md

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Bill	Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018.	Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6002	Washington SB 6002 (2017-2018)	bill	UTILITIES NAMED ACTS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ELECTIONS FIRE PROTECTION PORT DISTRICTS DISCRIMINATION	enacted	Saldaña	3	34	9	2017-12-06	2018-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/b57bf6cc-5d79-4c1b-80f6-b426ba53edd9	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6002&year=2017	a04cc4d755bc621109d55b92d57b597657b13011bd350c52fe00126418fd6025	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6002 (2017-2018) — Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2018.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 29–19 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
• 337 Baumgartner Pg 5 Ln 9 (#4) — 18–27 (fail) · upper
• 334 Fortunato Pg 10 Ln 9 (#5) — 19–26 (fail) · upper
• 1176 Irwin Pg 2 Ln 33 (#6) — 48–50 (fail) · lower
• 335 Padden Pg 16 Ln 16 (#6) — 20–25 (fail) · upper
• 333 Baumgartner Striker (#7) — 19–26 (fail) · upper
• 1165 Walsh Pg 14 Ln 17 (#7) — 48–50 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — 29–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Saldaña — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Ranker — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-06 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-01-12 SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-12 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-12 SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-12 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-17 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-01-17 Held on second reading.
• 2018-01-18 Third reading.
• 2018-01-19 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-01-22 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-15 SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-15 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-20 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-21 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
• 2018-02-27 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-27 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-19 Chapter 113, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-19 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b57bf6cc-5d79-4c1b-80f6-b426ba53edd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).