---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning skill center facility maintenance."
description: "Concerning skill center facility maintenance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5644"
citation: "Washington SB 5644 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48ba157-774d-4493-8d10-0ec7f17fa6ba"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5644&year=2017"
source_hash: "8eaecd1fe907fb44e76c4a12905aa35b0b233be024c3db19887ff010691b5e61"
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 5644 (2017-2018) — Concerning skill center facility maintenance.

## 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/5644.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5644-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** 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`
- **2017-02-23** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** 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 Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** CB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 187, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/b48ba157-774d-4493-8d10-0ec7f17fa6ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).