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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws."
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description: "Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "SB 6027"
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citation: "Washington SB 6027 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "DISCRIMINATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-12-15"
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last_action: "2018-03-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5faa49f4-7f49-4eda-8ce5-f24a188a1dd1"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6027&year=2017"
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source_hash: "04c42bbbd6f4fd8eeea81cb1b56e47e34f7c6c2250574e628bd26655b981aa99"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 6027 (2017-2018) — Concerning the discovery of privileged health care information and communications in claims for noneconomic damages under certain civil rights laws.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6027.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#36) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#50) — **42–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kuderer — primary (person)
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- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-01** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-15** Chapter 70, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5faa49f4-7f49-4eda-8ce5-f24a188a1dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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