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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning irrigation district authority."
+description: "Concerning irrigation district authority."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5261"
+citation: "Washington SB 5261 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WATER"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-18"
+last_action: "2017-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c876a75b-f62c-48fb-a76a-b02c4a249c81"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5261&year=2017"
+source_hash: "ec225430fe3bbb82c722c398e5354d2da592e6f7508a97f7fd25c648f6d4e480"
+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 5261 (2017-2018) — Concerning irrigation district authority.
+
+## 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/5261.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warnick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** EET - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-19** Chapter 63, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-19** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c876a75b-f62c-48fb-a76a-b02c4a249c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+