---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining salary for purposes of the Washington state patrol retirement system."
description: "Defining salary for purposes of the Washington state patrol retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5274"
citation: "Washington SB 5274 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282679d1-0432-4472-8508-07a335de87cd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5274&year=2017"
source_hash: "5d2db9dd5e03246dd66371863666fe91dd74732f682b1cefbf58d44c2a1627e8"
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 5274 (2017-2018) — Defining salary for purposes of the Washington state patrol retirement system.

## 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/5274.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-21** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Transportation.
- **2017-02-23** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Transportation.
- **2017-04-04** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 181, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/282679d1-0432-4472-8508-07a335de87cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).