---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning financing of the mercury-containing light stewardship program."
description: "Concerning financing of the mercury-containing light stewardship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5762"
citation: "Washington SB 5762 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS WASTE", "LIGHTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8521285e-541b-44c5-a8ae-0b29b3f2ed84"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5762&year=2017"
source_hash: "dfb8466b95a7e14d2e2660fc2d82b4860fb63ac5e6a80c3683cdabe744afbedb"
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 5762 (2017-2018) — Concerning financing of the mercury-containing light stewardship 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/5762.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-22** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-20** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2017-04-20** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 254, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/8521285e-541b-44c5-a8ae-0b29b3f2ed84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).