---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Cooper Jones bicyclist safety advisory council."
description: "Creating the Cooper Jones bicyclist safety advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5402"
citation: "Washington SB 5402 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICYCLES", "TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8deefaf-ad64-4e3c-bcd0-d86d5417cb5c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5402&year=2017"
source_hash: "6ffaa518bdd4cfad697bb1255c059b5d7ebf0f755ff4e065b16a555e74a0e249"
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 5402 (2017-2018) — Creating the Cooper Jones bicyclist safety advisory council.

## 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/5402.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5402-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-13** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet 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 Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 324, 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/b8deefaf-ad64-4e3c-bcd0-d86d5417cb5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).