---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning retail theft with special circumstances."
description: "Concerning retail theft with special circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5635"
citation: "Washington SB 5635 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "SENTENCING", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f43515-3727-49f1-b2f2-0aef4fd470e0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5635&year=2017"
source_hash: "d920a73b604ab4914fb305c556ea0bdafb4ccf1fb32f6e54a45f8de4d453b58e"
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 5635 (2017-2018) — Concerning retail theft with special circumstances.

## 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/5635.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — 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.
- **2017-02-17** 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, 47; nays, 2; 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** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 224, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/c8f43515-3727-49f1-b2f2-0aef4fd470e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).