---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the department of corrections to provide temporary housing assistance to individuals being released from the Washington corrections center for women."
description: "Allowing the department of corrections to provide temporary housing assistance to individuals being released from the Washington corrections center for women."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5077"
citation: "Washington SB 5077 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4766ca5f-05c7-4584-99bb-64fcc4044c16"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5077&year=2017"
source_hash: "1da4917199ec0c9098c84c9d96e00417533454295e7b826d5ae0f723ee234503"
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 5077 (2017-2018) — Allowing the department of corrections to provide temporary housing assistance to individuals being released from the Washington corrections center for women.

## 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/5077.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5077-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#4) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angel — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** 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`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** 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 Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 214, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/4766ca5f-05c7-4584-99bb-64fcc4044c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).