---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018."
description: "Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5991"
citation: "Washington SB 5991 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION", "NAMED ACTS", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-04"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/795b15e8-25d1-42c2-917b-a9ed13522e2f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5991&year=2017"
source_hash: "ab8d2bfa84b9d0e374eb2f256c09d83f69a779b87f75a5824729fbbd0b37aacd"
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 5991 (2017-2018) — Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018.

## 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/5991.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5991-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-12** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-12** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-19** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-19** Chapter 111, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-19** Effective date 1/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/795b15e8-25d1-42c2-917b-a9ed13522e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).