---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts."
description: "Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5631"
citation: "Washington SB 5631 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "PUBLIC WORKS", "SUNSET REVIEW", "MINORITIES", "MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES", "OFFICE", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8ed4bc-1408-4dae-abc8-243f629bffd6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5631&year=2017"
source_hash: "05fdd924fe3a2d0dbca73fa5f3f549a3630ea0241f8485b091176464e95e45a0"
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 5631 (2017-2018) — Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts.

## 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/5631.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#27) — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** 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, 68; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 124, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** Effective date 6/30/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd8ed4bc-1408-4dae-abc8-243f629bffd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).