republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5198.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning fire suppression methodologies.	Concerning fire suppression methodologies.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5198	Washington SB 5198 (2017-2018)	bill	FIRE PROTECTION NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT	enacted	Becker	3	38	2	2017-01-16	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/eb6feeda-56ca-41f4-9445-9d38509c06e6	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5198&year=2017	a9ab600288925d87a380df9ba7d9222542f5d7383efcd6f9b18fb436fd2f91d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5198 (2017-2018) — Concerning fire suppression methodologies.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#8) — 55–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Becker — primary (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2017-02-14 NRP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-14 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-02-23 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-02 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-23 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-02 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-02 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-06 First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-29 AGNR - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-29 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-14 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-19 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 319, 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/eb6feeda-56ca-41f4-9445-9d38509c06e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).