republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5347.md

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Bill	Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.	Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5347	Washington SB 5347 (2017-2018)	bill	LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE JOINT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE	enacted	Walsh	3	37	2	2017-01-20	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/2eb24e56-1d3a-44f5-ac4b-2becb6a98011	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5347&year=2017	83a552b28aa9aae00e44d6dd469b09c53bbb5640af5582129c37286cd8dddc4c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5347 (2017-2018) — Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#22) — 92–6 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Walsh — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
• Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-02-06 HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-06 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-03-16 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-03-16 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-06 HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-06 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-03-16 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-03-16 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-16 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-03-16 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-04 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-04-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-04-10 Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2017-04-10 Placed on second reading.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-12 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Chapter 156, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2eb24e56-1d3a-44f5-ac4b-2becb6a98011. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).