republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6034.md

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Bill	Authorizing limited retail telecommunications services for public utility districts that provide only sewer, water, and telecommunications on the effective date of this act.	Authorizing limited retail telecommunications services for public utility districts that provide only sewer, water, and telecommunications on the effective date of this act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6034	Washington SB 6034 (2017-2018)	bill	UTILITIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS	enacted	Rolfes	3	39	4	2017-12-20	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/4c7d387b-0db1-4fcd-a5a1-d50771de0d89	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6034&year=2017	de32601f90f93e991e373cbf7f112699ff9e275a3356e6ee734d88e2cb347dea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6034 (2017-2018) — Authorizing limited retail telecommunications services for public utility districts that provide only sewer, water, and telecommunications on the effective date of this act.

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

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — 94–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — 46–2 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — 93–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rolfes — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-20 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. reading-1
• 2018-01-31 EENT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-31 EENT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-14 First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 TED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Finance.
• 2018-02-26 FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-03-01 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
• 2018-03-06 House receded from amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2018-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2018-03-07 Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 186, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c7d387b-0db1-4fcd-a5a1-d50771de0d89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).