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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee."
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description: "Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee."
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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 6197"
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citation: "Washington SB 6197 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LABOR", "WAGES AND HOURS", "DEATH", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dce71d20-5c04-4613-be9b-7164d65c71ee"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6197&year=2017"
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source_hash: "bf8dbf37d136ab5be092109dc06970c422f5a855b9da14ec555bd4d7fbeff8e8"
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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 6197 (2017-2018) — Regarding an employer's payment of indebtedness upon the death of an employee.
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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/6197.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Keiser — primary (person)
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- Baumgartner — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-01-24** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-13** Chapter 57, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-13** 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/dce71d20-5c04-4613-be9b-7164d65c71ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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