---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a legislative page scholarship program."
description: "Creating a legislative page scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5346"
citation: "Washington SB 5346 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "LEGISLATURE", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd7b77d-52dc-44c5-a781-eef449e34244"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5346&year=2017"
source_hash: "65e2491fbbedbe10ff56ed9298f448fade785f01f99478d2401710fc85e82910"
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 5346 (2017-2018) — Creating a legislative page scholarship program.

## 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/5346.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5346-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walsh — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-14** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 322, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/3dd7b77d-52dc-44c5-a781-eef449e34244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).