republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5131.md

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Bill	Addressing provisions concerning marijuana with respect to research licenses, local authority notifications, the retail licensing application process, processor wholesale events, and jurisdictional requirements.	Addressing provisions concerning marijuana with respect to research licenses, local authority notifications, the retail licensing application process, processor wholesale events, and jurisdictional requirements.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5131	Washington SB 5131 (2017-2018)	bill	LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD DRUGS BUSINESSES INDIANS PORT DISTRICTS	enacted	Rivers	3	43	4	2017-01-13	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/dc6ac0c7-6fbb-45ef-8740-411c40c1649f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5131&year=2017	403be665d65cc7d2eb1d0680a015f5ad40e1dc709790da5ce7f32680199d79a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5131 (2017-2018) — Addressing provisions concerning marijuana with respect to research licenses, local authority notifications, the retail licensing application process, processor wholesale events, and jurisdictional requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#13) — 63–33 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — 74–24 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#12) — 44–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rivers — primary (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-13 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-02-02 CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-02 CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-09 First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-21 COG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-28 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Commerce & Gaming.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-11 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-19 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
• 2017-04-19 Conference committee appointed. Senators Rivers, Keiser, Baumgartner.
• 2017-04-19 Conference committee request granted.
• 2017-04-19 Conference committee appointed. Representatives Sawyer, Schmick, Springer.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee report; received 12:56 PM 4/20/2017.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee report adopted.
• 2017-04-20 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee report adopted.
• 2017-04-20 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0.
• 2017-04-20 Notice given to reconsider vote on final passage.
• 2017-04-20 Notice to reconsider withdrawn.
• 2017-04-21 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-23 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 317, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-16 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc6ac0c7-6fbb-45ef-8740-411c40c1649f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).