---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax increase approved by voters."
description: "Authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax increase approved by voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5288"
citation: "Washington SB 5288 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37505dc3-dedb-492c-9741-d051e896f6b3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5288&year=2017"
source_hash: "9082391975acdc2bf2226bc6012ffcfa8e92252101e833c5c52de8d81b567698"
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 5288 (2017-2018) — Authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax increase approved by voters.

## 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/5288.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5288.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-17** Senate Rules "X" file.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Moved to Rules White Sheet.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 53, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 8/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37505dc3-dedb-492c-9741-d051e896f6b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).