---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning a reexamination of the classification of land in flood control districts."
description: "Concerning a reexamination of the classification of land in flood control districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5543"
citation: "Washington SB 5543 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FLOOD CONTROL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64dd0762-e25d-475b-80d4-c248476a2904"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5543&year=2017"
source_hash: "ced5ced8238ff61a3d3da7f8c1283f909ab315bcf8b83096553f9d3af3b51cb6"
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 5543 (2017-2018) — Concerning a reexamination of the classification of land in flood control districts.

## 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/5543.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Baumgartner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** 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.
- **2017-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** 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.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 67, 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/64dd0762-e25d-475b-80d4-c248476a2904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).