republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6278.md

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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 the use of seed certification fees.	Concerning the use of seed certification fees.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6278	Washington SB 6278 (2017-2018)	bill	AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT	enacted	Warnick	1	18	2	2018-01-11	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6278&year=2017	b717d1ae0de486e9b41d1b35291e26ab4ba34816848f66a9ecd3dd6ff84da4fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6278 (2017-2018) — Concerning the use of seed certification fees.

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 (#32) — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#33) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Warnick — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2018-01-25 AWNP - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-21 AGNR - 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
• 2018-03-03 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 233, 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/7e97c25c-cdb9-4e49-9e3a-4f716a769f44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).