---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning cemetery district withdrawal of territory."
description: "Concerning cemetery district withdrawal of territory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5177"
citation: "Washington SB 5177 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN REMAINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318707c7-0106-4f34-953f-7f9824310c82"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5177&year=2019"
source_hash: "2fcb443bda72e4948830c37b32908e284ec48eb577ec0f42017ae97131936ff2"
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 5177 (2019-2020) — Concerning cemetery district withdrawal of territory.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5177.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 42, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318707c7-0106-4f34-953f-7f9824310c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).