---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning metropolitan park districts."
description: "Concerning metropolitan park districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5138"
citation: "Washington SB 5138 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3ca368a-2ed6-4af5-9d18-ca28e8194a65"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5138&year=2017"
source_hash: "1619e89034b752556d2b43f90573ef867b4ad0ce5e45eaf433a0e4e653d740b6"
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 5138 (2017-2018) — Concerning metropolitan park 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/5138.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5138-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-26** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** 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.
- **2017-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 215, 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/d3ca368a-2ed6-4af5-9d18-ca28e8194a65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).