---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the means of communication between a buyer or lessee and an auto dealer during the \"bushing\" period."
description: "Concerning the means of communication between a buyer or lessee and an auto dealer during the \"bushing\" period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5244"
citation: "Washington SB 5244 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Ban"]
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/3d57d434-b7be-4725-8853-f3dbff5b7938"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5244&year=2017"
source_hash: "2e3ad4b29926087f05c8d62545eb956bb254ecf9afbde0261a489e1bfe12c649"
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 5244 (2017-2018) — Concerning the means of communication between a buyer or lessee and an auto dealer during the "bushing" period.

## 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/5244.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Ban — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-07** 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 41, 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/3d57d434-b7be-4725-8853-f3dbff5b7938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).