---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity and eliminating cross-county restrictions for annexations to a fire protection district."
description: "Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity and eliminating cross-county restrictions for annexations to a fire protection district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5454"
citation: "Washington SB 5454 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frockt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a75f14c-0486-4c3e-9551-45f49a589551"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5454&year=2017"
source_hash: "cf2bc9f5dbf57b739d2b39f8578773796e89f63aea68ab1c870517f49cb5edd8"
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 5454 (2017-2018) — Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity and eliminating cross-county restrictions for annexations to a fire protection district.

## 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/5454.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — **83–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frockt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** 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, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 326, 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/6a75f14c-0486-4c3e-9551-45f49a589551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).