---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the capital budget."
description: "Relating to the capital budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5965"
citation: "Washington SB 5965 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-23"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de823b4c-bc2f-4425-881a-5ff7b4330acb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5965&year=2017"
source_hash: "9ec46e74a28a488a8ac9d50b5178a29181699f5398b3c78c1add1b4b26a0e876"
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 5965 (2017-2018) — Relating to the capital budget.

## 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/5965.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5965-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5965-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-23** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-06-30** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Chapter 4, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-01** Effective date 7/1/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de823b4c-bc2f-4425-881a-5ff7b4330acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).