republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5227.md

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Bill	Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings.	Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5227	Washington SB 5227 (2017-2018)	bill	TRAFFIC RAILROADS	enacted	King	1	19	2	2017-01-18	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/0432bd7e-29c9-4d10-a6ee-fdfc46921d75	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5227&year=2017	64d31bdc42c7ac3fadedff13a8367de668db206573a07705caea320069d1dbf1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5227 (2017-2018) — Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#9) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• King — primary (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 First reading, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2017-02-06 TRAN - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-21 On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
• 2017-02-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-02 First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-15 TR - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-04-10 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-11 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-20 Chapter 87, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-20 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0432bd7e-29c9-4d10-a6ee-fdfc46921d75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).