---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the humane treatment of dogs."
description: "Concerning the humane treatment of dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5356"
citation: "Washington SB 5356 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENTENCING", "ANIMALS", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fain"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab42d9ee-5e2d-4ed8-8418-af9587227eeb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5356&year=2017"
source_hash: "018132c753cebbc0cce474890e77d12840dd5225a96656ad47e49caa2489f5c0"
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 5356 (2017-2018) — Concerning the humane treatment of dogs.

## 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/5356.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5356-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **68–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fain — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** 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.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 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.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 28; 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 65, 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/ab42d9ee-5e2d-4ed8-8418-af9587227eeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).