---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to paid family and medical leave."
description: "Relating to paid family and medical leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5975"
citation: "Washington SB 5975 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fain"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-29"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5975&year=2017"
source_hash: "f8c5995277dba411bebc9813f090aaa59959f91e3844a301dd6c4f41592a453c"
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 5975 (2017-2018) — Relating to paid family and medical leave.

## 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/5975.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **65–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fain — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **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** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; 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, 65; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-05** Chapter 5, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-05** Effective date 10/19/2017*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).