republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6434.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 electric-assisted bicycles.	Concerning electric-assisted bicycles.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6434	Washington SB 6434 (2017-2018)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES BICYCLES TRAFFIC	enacted	Rolfes	3	25	2	2018-01-17	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9d8cc45b-9b0b-4026-a0c3-78f2cf97e22d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6434&year=2017	d2180a9690b26e3c6d342a1383fa57647ce4327756c258bfb64b292b7e9e1ae2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6434 (2017-2018) — Concerning electric-assisted bicycles.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — 44–2 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#34) — 86–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rolfes — primary (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2018-02-06 TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-09 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-21 TR - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 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, 86; nays, 12; 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 60, 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/9d8cc45b-9b0b-4026-a0c3-78f2cf97e22d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).