---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the weight limitation for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act."
description: "Modifying the weight limitation for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5262"
citation: "Washington SB 5262 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS AND BOATING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/281a5689-43f1-4efe-a1b0-f87e71002e02"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5262&year=2017"
source_hash: "9cd59d6b67f53632ebf6ab78c6f144e68893bf5d7ad84a9ca866989be396799c"
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 5262 (2017-2018) — Modifying the weight limitation for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act.

## 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/5262.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5262-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** TR - 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`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 88, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** 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/281a5689-43f1-4efe-a1b0-f87e71002e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).