---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass."
description: "Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5200"
citation: "Washington SB 5200 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCOVER PASS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/945065d2-74e8-41a1-af6f-50c0f8284e74"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5200&year=2017"
source_hash: "6f5f890723f8038910a62e4c013c92d6b4a73d923ba8c41b399a08785957a6a8"
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 5200 (2017-2018) — Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass.

## 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/5200.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#56) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#22) — **93–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** ENVI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 121, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/945065d2-74e8-41a1-af6f-50c0f8284e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).