---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the final approval of subdivisions of land."
description: "Addressing the final approval of subdivisions of land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5674"
citation: "Washington SB 5674 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBDIVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28a5086-93be-41a4-ae5c-433b21de6c5d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5674&year=2017"
source_hash: "8bbeddd8fb42fd22a1b771f72a9df392b28fe5ccee326a6e82393638b8fb0762"
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 5674 (2017-2018) — Addressing the final approval of subdivisions of land.

## 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/5674.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **55–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** 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.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 161, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/e28a5086-93be-41a4-ae5c-433b21de6c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).