---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations."
description: "Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5517"
citation: "Washington SB 5517 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246b53e3-51aa-435d-8008-dd07239215fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5517&year=2017"
source_hash: "74a681107eb6a29152a246c57a44eae6b46b3bda0693db0b9e0a47c1a01695bc"
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 5517 (2017-2018) — Concerning rail dependent uses for purposes of the growth management act and related development regulations.

## 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/5517.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5517.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5517.E2.htm)
4. **Third Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5517.E3.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **37–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#7) — **82–12** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **35–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-23** Placed on Rules White Sheet.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-13** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-13** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-13** Returned to second reading.
- **2017-06-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-16** First reading, referred to Rules (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-27** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-27** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-06-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 11; absent, 2; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 18, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 10/19/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246b53e3-51aa-435d-8008-dd07239215fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).