---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the economic development element of the growth management act."
description: "Concerning the economic development element of the growth management act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5790"
citation: "Washington SB 5790 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966bb1d9-9c32-444e-9bed-bf3e8b8a83e0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5790&year=2017"
source_hash: "76df8012bc3444aa5b83ce35c58c2a77cc34dc853b43b57ab3e48868e24e7577"
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 5790 (2017-2018) — Concerning the economic development element of the growth management act.

## 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/5790.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5790-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 331, 2017 Laws PV. `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/966bb1d9-9c32-444e-9bed-bf3e8b8a83e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).