---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning irrigation district authority."
description: "Concerning irrigation district authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5261"
citation: "Washington SB 5261 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c876a75b-f62c-48fb-a76a-b02c4a249c81"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5261&year=2017"
source_hash: "ec225430fe3bbb82c722c398e5354d2da592e6f7508a97f7fd25c648f6d4e480"
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 5261 (2017-2018) — Concerning irrigation district authority.

## 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/5261.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 63, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/c876a75b-f62c-48fb-a76a-b02c4a249c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).