---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing marijuana license fees and adding a temporary additional fee on marijuana licenses issued by the Washington state liquor and cannabis board."
description: "Increasing marijuana license fees and adding a temporary additional fee on marijuana licenses issued by the Washington state liquor and cannabis board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5130"
citation: "Washington SB 5130 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f2f166-97e0-4228-9b15-53b9aecba2b7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5130&year=2017"
source_hash: "cb1c55915b8a4a23a0f789785f3929b42da46ca121d585b8c09c1a61d8b37123"
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 5130 (2017-2018) — Increasing marijuana license fees and adding a temporary additional fee on marijuana licenses issued by the Washington state liquor and cannabis board.

## 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/5130.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **35–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **71–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 316, 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/67f2f166-97e0-4228-9b15-53b9aecba2b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).