---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning fire commissioner compensation."
description: "Concerning fire commissioner compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5122"
citation: "Washington SB 5122 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c2766bc-5614-4c3f-9a8e-569c07ec9251"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5122&year=2017"
source_hash: "2c8e409ed3e841d960f28fd5c9d65e4efc12ab2ad4ac9a4fe38e58e1a80055f4"
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 5122 (2017-2018) — Concerning fire commissioner compensation.

## 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/5122.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Rivers — 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.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** 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 58, 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/3c2766bc-5614-4c3f-9a8e-569c07ec9251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).