---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a local pathway for local governments, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to provide more high quality early learning opportunities by reducing barriers and increasing efficiency."
description: "Creating a local pathway for local governments, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to provide more high quality early learning opportunities by reducing barriers and increasing efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5107"
citation: "Washington SB 5107 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "EARLY LEARNING", "DEPARTMENT", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "CHILD CARE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a559b3-9179-4da2-90f8-49088a57df8d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5107&year=2017"
source_hash: "de19d4dc25b0ff3011a024ca622f8883602edad445c7e203c826339545f3bdf9"
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 5107 (2017-2018) — Creating a local pathway for local governments, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to provide more high quality early learning opportunities by reducing barriers and increasing efficiency.

## 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/5107.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5107-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5107-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#27) — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-02** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 178, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/66a559b3-9179-4da2-90f8-49088a57df8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).