---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning irrigation district administration."
description: "Concerning irrigation district administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5331"
citation: "Washington SB 5331 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82cd3ce4-1d12-4391-b181-303d0c350756"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5331&year=2017"
source_hash: "33ba4cd8d829bd174d7fac4ca98132a0f1dec81252dfce903f2c066979569069"
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 5331 (2017-2018) — Concerning irrigation district administration.

## 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/5331.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** AWTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** 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.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 321, 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/82cd3ce4-1d12-4391-b181-303d0c350756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).