---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying organized retail theft provisions."
description: "Modifying organized retail theft provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5632"
citation: "Washington SB 5632 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "SENTENCING", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Ban"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3daf46-2ded-4b2f-a136-9a2a28517886"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5632&year=2017"
source_hash: "f6be0510278ce5d27f9d943eb9cb89442060dcdddebb07755c172b78390b0bb6"
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 5632 (2017-2018) — Modifying organized retail theft provisions.

## 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/5632.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Ban — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Public Safety.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 329, 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/aa3daf46-2ded-4b2f-a136-9a2a28517886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).