---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning population criteria for designation of local downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and official local main street programs."
description: "Concerning population criteria for designation of local downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and official local main street programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5617"
citation: "Washington SB 5617 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4fd6af-31d7-46f3-804a-4db028eeb0c9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5617&year=2021"
source_hash: "55f8b34562b9ebbd86a32c17ea8824d5d18ae33f102855492b3db6b24eaf025b"
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 5617 (2021-2022) — Concerning population criteria for designation of local downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and official local main street programs.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5617.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 50, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd4fd6af-31d7-46f3-804a-4db028eeb0c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).