---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a pilot project to license outdoor early learning and child care programs."
description: "Establishing a pilot project to license outdoor early learning and child care programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5357"
citation: "Washington SB 5357 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "EARLY LEARNING", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ranker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622d833b-3ff6-4dbe-9891-0a7810ef28b0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5357&year=2017"
source_hash: "2f129c2dfeef6aa92be27989e996e54853f3dabf9f03c8a10554059d37293ddf"
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 5357 (2017-2018) — Establishing a pilot project to license outdoor early learning and child care programs.

## 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/5357.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5357-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **74–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ranker — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-22** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** 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.
- **2017-03-29** 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, 74; nays, 23; 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 162, 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/622d833b-3ff6-4dbe-9891-0a7810ef28b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).