---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters and currency exchanges under the uniform money services act."
description: "Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters and currency exchanges under the uniform money services act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5031"
citation: "Washington SB 5031 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "NAMED ACTS", "CURRENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414e48eb-5e76-4c76-b1b5-af4c42266070"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5031&year=2017"
source_hash: "08e8cdb7b60237e323f461554197014cc3af1f516e4bcd87c5ef0b78ca056a95"
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 5031 (2017-2018) — Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters and currency exchanges under the uniform money services act.

## 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/5031.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5031-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **89–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angel — primary (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-12** FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 30, 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/414e48eb-5e76-4c76-b1b5-af4c42266070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).