---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the wastewater treatment plant operator certification account."
description: "Creating the wastewater treatment plant operator certification account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5162"
citation: "Washington SB 5162 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "WATER POLLUTION", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37c09f2-9c4b-40a7-be3e-601492c90405"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5162&year=2017"
source_hash: "06d9029c352aa709380c16b29e745425f1dc278eb1e54d72c7854c7ba29dcf3d"
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 5162 (2017-2018) — Creating the wastewater treatment plant operator certification account.

## 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/5162.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **66–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2017-01-18** And refer to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
- **2017-02-01** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 35, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** 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/b37c09f2-9c4b-40a7-be3e-601492c90405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).