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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to paid family and medical leave."
+description: "Relating to paid family and medical leave."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5975"
+citation: "Washington SB 5975 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fain"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-29"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5975&year=2017"
+source_hash: "f8c5995277dba411bebc9813f090aaa59959f91e3844a301dd6c4f41592a453c"
+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 5975 (2017-2018) — Relating to paid family and medical leave.
+
+## 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/5975.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#15) — **65–29** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fain — primary (person)
+- Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
+- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
+- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Takko — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-29** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-07-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-05** Chapter 5, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
+- **2017-07-05** Effective date 10/19/2017*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+