republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6053.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties.	Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6053	Washington SB 6053 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY NAMED ACTS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ATTORNEY GENERAL	enacted	Keiser	1	19	2	2017-12-22	2018-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c565d82b-8f06-442a-b82b-46ebcf7411f3	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6053&year=2017	22f3349121a394008abc0388bb08f7ab850baf4ec5e9340ea50e2da6526597c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6053 (2017-2018) — Concerning medicaid fraud false claims civil penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#23) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keiser — primary (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-22 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2018-01-25 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-31 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2018-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-09 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-21 JUDI - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-22 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-01 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-15 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-15 Chapter 63, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-15 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c565d82b-8f06-442a-b82b-46ebcf7411f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).