republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6040.md

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Bill	Addressing meetings under the business corporations act.	Addressing meetings under the business corporations act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6040	Washington SB 6040 (2017-2018)	bill	NAMED ACTS CORPORATIONS	enacted	Pedersen	1	19	2	2017-12-20	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/eada7de3-8989-45b1-b011-53a34327d64d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6040&year=2017	f826e5e2e2dfa998bf07fe7931e2d50316dcc1a1b2f3abc5901fc5dae68d19e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6040 (2017-2018) — Addressing meetings under the business corporations act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#14) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pedersen — primary (person)
• Padden — 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 Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2018-01-18 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-24 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2018-01-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-01-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-01-29 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 JUDI - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Chapter 55, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-13 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eada7de3-8989-45b1-b011-53a34327d64d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).