---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing state audit findings of noncompliance with state law."
description: "Addressing state audit findings of noncompliance with state law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5372"
citation: "Washington SB 5372 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "AUDITOR", "STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff66ff95-dd0b-4cda-9e47-5a30accdf488"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5372&year=2017"
source_hash: "c1344505824b2f5f2e3cf270ea4c550067ad6f719afaa8e62265285c24b89b99"
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 5372 (2017-2018) — Addressing state audit findings of noncompliance with state law.

## 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/5372.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5372-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — 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`
- **2017-02-17** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** 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`
- **2017-02-17** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** 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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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`
- **2017-04-10** 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 66, 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/ff66ff95-dd0b-4cda-9e47-5a30accdf488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).