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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the federal veteran identification card to be used to obtain a veteran designation on a driver's license."
description: "Allowing the federal veteran identification card to be used to obtain a veteran designation on a driver's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6012"
citation: "Washington SB 6012 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-07"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbb3f2e7-8de7-4647-ba82-68afbf5e9144"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6012&year=2017"
source_hash: "5cc25d0b65d5ca91672d50eb79ea9090d7871879bd27d7a2feae27c5ec3453f7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 6012 (2017-2018) — Allowing the federal veteran identification card to be used to obtain a veteran designation on a driver's license.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6012.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6012-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **480** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-17** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** 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.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 69, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbb3f2e7-8de7-4647-ba82-68afbf5e9144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).