---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying procedures for appointment to the Chehalis board created by chapter 194, Laws of 2016."
description: "Clarifying procedures for appointment to the Chehalis board created by chapter 194, Laws of 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5097"
citation: "Washington SB 5097 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6146a5e-1ea8-4e7a-bc94-810328473fc9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5097&year=2017"
source_hash: "04a56d9b6cc6754c73db10731f86748f314ceb90754604a50ff072531e68f723"
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 5097 (2017-2018) — Clarifying procedures for appointment to the Chehalis board created by chapter 194, Laws of 2016.

## 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/5097.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5097.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 27, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** Effective date 4/17/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6146a5e-1ea8-4e7a-bc94-810328473fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).