---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning nondefault termination provisions in state land leases for agricultural or grazing purposes."
description: "Concerning nondefault termination provisions in state land leases for agricultural or grazing purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5051"
citation: "Washington SB 5051 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e1b31f-30a4-4e6c-b2d2-fa5e4bbabefb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5051&year=2017"
source_hash: "bb21a52f3211518d9c7158e75b6f4b27ae993eaa810cabd2262bb92d07ddc358"
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 5051 (2017-2018) — Concerning nondefault termination provisions in state land leases for agricultural or grazing purposes.

## 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/5051.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5051-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** AWTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** AWTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 56, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/d2e1b31f-30a4-4e6c-b2d2-fa5e4bbabefb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).