---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor."
description: "Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5272"
citation: "Washington SB 5272 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "LABOR", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c93a59c1-c367-4bb2-86ff-a35dae9d5dfc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5272&year=2017"
source_hash: "a388c8f28168228ef57113c00be84d6cb745067ee45573ed1add84109f7f99b5"
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 5272 (2017-2018) — Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

## 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/5272.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5272-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-17** 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, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 128, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/c93a59c1-c367-4bb2-86ff-a35dae9d5dfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).