---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing wheelchair accessible taxicabs access to high occupancy vehicle lanes."
description: "Authorizing wheelchair accessible taxicabs access to high occupancy vehicle lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5018"
citation: "Washington SB 5018 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "TRANSPORTATION", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae15365-c5ab-463c-8ad8-b0b5ee0c013b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5018&year=2017"
source_hash: "aef2a383d2afd857ab07203784612dc5650e2db5907f103053ac72703d71d1be"
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 5018 (2017-2018) — Authorizing wheelchair accessible taxicabs access to high occupancy vehicle lanes.

## 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/5018.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5018-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-30** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-31** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** 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 with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-18** House receded from amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-18** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-04-18** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 311, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/aae15365-c5ab-463c-8ad8-b0b5ee0c013b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).