---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes."
description: "Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5237"
citation: "Washington SB 5237 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78fef694-791f-4cc8-8b76-fac85adfa062"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5237&year=2017"
source_hash: "3f495ffe3029b6a5599a7f85cc439be889754d1fb7b9940116556f78e4f35093"
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 5237 (2017-2018) — Updating workforce investment act references and making no substantive changes.

## 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/5237.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HE - Majority; do 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, 97; nays, 0; 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 39, 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/78fef694-791f-4cc8-8b76-fac85adfa062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).