---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning expiration dates affecting the department of natural resources’ contract harvesting program."
description: "Concerning expiration dates affecting the department of natural resources’ contract harvesting program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5270"
citation: "Washington SB 5270 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUNSET REVIEW", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC LANDS", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b8ae57-98c6-4ddf-8e9c-1824b3115143"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5270&year=2017"
source_hash: "216769116584d05f814ca5b6767057e5ddc4096dca1f8b719aaf87bed1a36513"
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 5270 (2017-2018) — Concerning expiration dates affecting the department of natural resources’ contract harvesting program.

## 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/5270.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2017-04-03** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 64, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/b5b8ae57-98c6-4ddf-8e9c-1824b3115143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).