---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program."
description: "Creating a low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5647"
citation: "Washington SB 5647 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaccb2e4-981c-4c37-931a-2babd6cd45d9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5647&year=2017"
source_hash: "a835e811743fef99d25d6a04de45add07d311ba524d03926ab55546daeb4137e"
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 5647 (2017-2018) — Creating a low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program.

## 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/5647.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5647.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2017-04-03** CB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 285, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** 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/eaccb2e4-981c-4c37-931a-2babd6cd45d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).