republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6404.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 background checks for persons providing child care services.	Concerning background checks for persons providing child care services.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6404	Washington SB 6404 (2017-2018)	bill	CHILD CARE CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT	enacted	Wellman	1	21	2	2018-01-16	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/622a445e-cd58-4ce5-a79e-174263a65805	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6404&year=2017	0dae6b75add4eb78ebcad64e5c96dfe0b3e552d712829b728709aeaca5d8bb80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6404 (2017-2018) — Concerning background checks for persons providing child care services.

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 (#44) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#2) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wellman — primary (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2018-01-30 EDU - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-01 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-23 ELHS - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Chapter 59, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-13 Effective date 7/1/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/622a445e-cd58-4ce5-a79e-174263a65805. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).