---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning water-sewer districts."
description: "Concerning water-sewer districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5119"
citation: "Washington SB 5119 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER POLLUTION", "WATER", "WATER-SEWER DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e42cf630-5c8e-47fc-aac0-c4c91b5bef9b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5119&year=2017"
source_hash: "8de67c7a8f51166730ff1b1bafeb19d2690d7f3d8110ed2ff28b19f8f4f4a0f3"
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 5119 (2017-2018) — Concerning water-sewer 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/5119.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Dansel — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** 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.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 314, 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/e42cf630-5c8e-47fc-aac0-c4c91b5bef9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).