republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6188.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	Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.	Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6188	Washington SB 6188 (2017-2018)	bill	ATTORNEYS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS	enacted	Dhingra	1	19	2	2018-01-10	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0faec995-3100-4752-9f2e-d2037eb98702	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6188&year=2017	98a2ec6385c273a735bd4d4c88c54cf002f6bad9a7dcd9e567383156f4d6b5c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6188 (2017-2018) — Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#22) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — 41–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dhingra — primary (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2018-02-01 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-01 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 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.
• 2018-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-23 Chapter 265, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-23 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0faec995-3100-4752-9f2e-d2037eb98702. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).