---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning higher education records."
description: "Concerning higher education records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5764"
citation: "Washington SB 5764 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "RECORDS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595adb54-136f-4e91-a4f8-3ec225e04dc7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5764&year=2017"
source_hash: "5fd8f99578342fb4779178b38dcc71eebe9d7b2bda986173be02989dc962f9c1"
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 5764 (2017-2018) — Concerning higher education records.

## 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/5764.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5764-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** 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.
- **2017-03-27** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 72, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/595adb54-136f-4e91-a4f8-3ec225e04dc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).