---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the authority and procedures for unit priced contracting by public utility districts."
description: "Clarifying the authority and procedures for unit priced contracting by public utility districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5036"
citation: "Washington SB 5036 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9681d672-63f6-4250-9732-396427e7078d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5036&year=2017"
source_hash: "bdcb5c106774827189a7f7a1775d73aaee63c220db438ae64d6784154460eb6c"
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 5036 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the authority and procedures for unit priced contracting by public utility districts.

## 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/5036.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** 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 Capital Budget.
- **2017-04-03** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** 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, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 85, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** 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/9681d672-63f6-4250-9732-396427e7078d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).