---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining independent contractor relationships in the context of real estate licensing."
description: "Defining independent contractor relationships in the context of real estate licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5125"
citation: "Washington SB 5125 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c98b4fd-7568-4954-9715-f3f14f1dd5bf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5125&year=2017"
source_hash: "d549dc8bea3a2eefa787fb149f3757af29d43755fcc48b16b0e43630e3446906"
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 5125 (2017-2018) — Defining independent contractor relationships in the context of real estate licensing.

## 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/5125.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#20) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-07** 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 59, 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/5c98b4fd-7568-4954-9715-f3f14f1dd5bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).