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type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring annual reporting on the implementation of laws to streamline licensing processes for military service members and their spouses."
description: "Requiring annual reporting on the implementation of laws to streamline licensing processes for military service members and their spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5359"
citation: "Washington SB 5359 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "LEGISLATURE", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8887c28-053e-4706-911f-da619b28919d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5359&year=2017"
source_hash: "5f2d38d076ab36e7ab3cc21a2e6a888ab4820d2c445b190cd40895b48d568dd0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 5359 (2017-2018) — Requiring annual reporting on the implementation of laws to streamline licensing processes for military service members and their spouses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5359.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **490** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Conway — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** CDHT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 184, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8887c28-053e-4706-911f-da619b28919d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).