---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the eligibility requirements for certain counties to form a regional transportation planning organization."
description: "Modifying the eligibility requirements for certain counties to form a regional transportation planning organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5649"
citation: "Washington SB 5649 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849b8542-7337-4db3-a84f-840b538cec03"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5649&year=2017"
source_hash: "03ef20194ae66543729fb623448b2697ca90ea6c8e48f17d8c56537b6b6ac758"
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 5649 (2017-2018) — Modifying the eligibility requirements for certain counties to form a regional transportation planning organization.

## 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/5649.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#7) — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-17** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-20** 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, 94; nays, 3; 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 68, 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/849b8542-7337-4db3-a84f-840b538cec03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).