---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitating compliance with the federal REAL ID act by modifying driver's license and identicard design and fees."
description: "Facilitating compliance with the federal REAL ID act by modifying driver's license and identicard design and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5008"
citation: "Washington SB 5008 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd1d2851-309b-4527-8152-cae4f08725d0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5008&year=2017"
source_hash: "31ffdca3aaba0d911df92383148b0f92cbe3f81621fcda2207d89ddd8463de1f"
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 5008 (2017-2018) — Facilitating compliance with the federal REAL ID act by modifying driver's license and identicard design and fees.

## 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/5008.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5008.E.htm)

## Votes

- 521 Shea Pg 1 Ln 25 (#11) — **47–50** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- 504 Orcutt Pg 2 Ln 11 (#12) — **47–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-20** House receded from amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-20** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-04-20** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 310, 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/dd1d2851-309b-4527-8152-cae4f08725d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).