---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Columbia river salmon and steelhead endorsement program."
description: "Concerning the Columbia river salmon and steelhead endorsement program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5947"
citation: "Washington SB 5947 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "FISHING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-09"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a79c8c-f19a-4b8c-a823-8fb11f0de37a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5947&year=2017"
source_hash: "a1a4b6fe16bd0686b8ff93f350d9f0f93df235d64c138983900330cee3496869"
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 5947 (2017-2018) — Concerning the Columbia river salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

## 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/5947.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5947-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5947-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#12) — **87–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-09** First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** NRP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-06-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-30** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-06-30** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-06-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Chapter 3, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** 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/77a79c8c-f19a-4b8c-a823-8fb11f0de37a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).