---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding high occupancy vehicle lane access to blood-collecting or distributing establishment vehicles."
description: "Expanding high occupancy vehicle lane access to blood-collecting or distributing establishment vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5837"
citation: "Washington SB 5837 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cceb02c-c8c7-4519-82cb-710227dd60a8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5837&year=2017"
source_hash: "5416ad8d597558a23ffc4be8c07d1d21147d1b9b408ea07e78d4175d7b4cdb37"
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 5837 (2017-2018) — Expanding high occupancy vehicle lane access to blood-collecting or distributing establishment vehicles.

## 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/5837.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5837-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 73, 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/4cceb02c-c8c7-4519-82cb-710227dd60a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).