republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5037.md

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Bill	Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.	Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5037	Washington SB 5037 (2017-2018)	bill	SENTENCING CRIMES TRAFFIC OFFENSES	enacted	Padden	1	25	2	2017-01-11	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/53b8012f-ffcb-400a-93ab-d8ac2e2d32f1	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5037&year=2017	393c012c16b9a088b35995e5c4c58a1bf66e143aa93edc8b53779264748f7474	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5037 (2017-2018) — Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#17) — 85–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Padden — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Pearson — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)
• Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2017-01-25 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-01-25 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-02-08 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-08 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-10 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-23 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-23 Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 8. reading-3
• 2017-02-24 First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-28 PS - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-11 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-04-20 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-20 Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-04-21 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-23 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor partially vetoed. executive-veto-line-item
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 335, 2017 Laws PV. became-law
• 2017-05-16 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53b8012f-ffcb-400a-93ab-d8ac2e2d32f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).