---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the public disclosure of global positioning system data corresponding to residential addresses of public employees and volunteers."
description: "Concerning the public disclosure of global positioning system data corresponding to residential addresses of public employees and volunteers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5207"
citation: "Washington SB 5207 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RECORDS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fdf2efe-2bf6-4dc3-b540-20393c1d7b1b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5207&year=2017"
source_hash: "d65e7243565db51596958137cc42960a209cb3635dc88d4d59508aa9d283f040"
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 5207 (2017-2018) — Concerning the public disclosure of global positioning system data corresponding to residential addresses of public employees and volunteers.

## 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/5207.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5207-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#16) — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** 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, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** SEIT - 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 14; 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 38, 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/9fdf2efe-2bf6-4dc3-b540-20393c1d7b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).