---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning county auditors."
description: "Concerning county auditors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5187"
citation: "Washington SB 5187 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c8039ff-e7ab-4c83-9cc7-57728bb2afc8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5187&year=2017"
source_hash: "20fecb5c21aa29f254bf5b9b3beabdb9f9bedb5b75a5b9117b52acdd95a61566"
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 5187 (2017-2018) — Concerning county auditors.

## 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/5187.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angel — primary (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** 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, 91; nays, 6; 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 37, 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/1c8039ff-e7ab-4c83-9cc7-57728bb2afc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).