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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing for fire protection district formation by the legislative authority of a city or town subject to voter approval."
+description: "Providing for fire protection district formation by the legislative authority of a city or town subject to voter approval."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5628"
+citation: "Washington SB 5628 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "CITIES AND TOWNS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c8e53e-a464-4076-8b7e-2ef275f9dbeb"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5628&year=2017"
+source_hash: "74c0b64170a535900a9a5298ca4bd9202886d011933882d5bdb388bdfe153c51"
+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 5628 (2017-2018) — Providing for fire protection district formation by the legislative authority of a city or town subject to voter approval.
+
+## 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/5628.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5628-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5628-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **67–30** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Takko — primary (person)
+- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-14** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-14** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-23** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-03-27** Referred to Finance.
+- **2017-04-06** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-04-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-11** 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, 67; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-16** Chapter 328, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-16** 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/03c8e53e-a464-4076-8b7e-2ef275f9dbeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+