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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying the duties of court clerks."
+description: "Clarifying the duties of court clerks."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5327"
+citation: "Washington SB 5327 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91715bd-af60-40de-8752-c628129c49fd"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5327&year=2017"
+source_hash: "23eebdbb4ba4c5077bd50fdf2d34beff5f45ad934e983a40a420a358e1ea5edd"
+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 5327 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the duties of court clerks.
+
+## 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/5327.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5327-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Angel — primary (person)
+- Padden — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-01** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-23** JUDI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Chapter 183, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-04** 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/f91715bd-af60-40de-8752-c628129c49fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+