---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the superintendent of public instruction to designate a member of the professional educator standards board."
description: "Authorizing the superintendent of public instruction to designate a member of the professional educator standards board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5662"
citation: "Washington SB 5662 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82d15592-b765-4cca-85ce-c1e9741ba16c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5662&year=2017"
source_hash: "1f8e8c6550634bc885177e2350ddf5f389f78fd730ae7c9d11027f1a5132676c"
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 5662 (2017-2018) — Authorizing the superintendent of public instruction to designate a member of the professional educator standards board.

## 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/5662.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** 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 Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 189, 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/82d15592-b765-4cca-85ce-c1e9741ba16c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).