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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning state employee whistleblower protection."
+description: "Concerning state employee whistleblower protection."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5374"
+citation: "Washington SB 5374 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7154146-f949-443c-a53a-8bca8bd833b2"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5374&year=2017"
+source_hash: "68b6cc8ae03758f613ef7cd6cd3c878f616fcf7616bf1a1232d1ae93f3afc60c"
+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 5374 (2017-2018) — Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.
+
+## 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/5374.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5374-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becker — primary (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- Braun — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
+- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
+- Padden — cosponsor (person)
+- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
+- Warnick — 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.
+- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-23** 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.
+- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-21** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-17** Chapter 44, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-17** 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/d7154146-f949-443c-a53a-8bca8bd833b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+