---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning county electrical traffic control signals, illumination equipment, and other electrical equipment conveying an electrical current."
description: "Concerning county electrical traffic control signals, illumination equipment, and other electrical equipment conveying an electrical current."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5179"
citation: "Washington SB 5179 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081544d5-792e-41c6-96df-a00be3104c42"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5179&year=2019"
source_hash: "8a2a8a3af4ebcf16418f1c9f341e369559ef7d1bae7eb3e6989289c4e64dbd00"
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 5179 (2019-2020) — Concerning county electrical traffic control signals, illumination equipment, and other electrical equipment conveying an electrical current.

## 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/5179.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (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.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 310, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** 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
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/081544d5-792e-41c6-96df-a00be3104c42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).