republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5374.md

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Bill	Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.	Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5374	Washington SB 5374 (2017-2018)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS	enacted	Becker	2	23	2	2017-01-20	2017-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/d7154146-f949-443c-a53a-8bca8bd833b2	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5374&year=2017	68b6cc8ae03758f613ef7cd6cd3c878f616fcf7616bf1a1232d1ae93f3afc60c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5374 (2017-2018) — Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#28) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Becker — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Braun — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
• Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Padden — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2017-02-01 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-23 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-01 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-23 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-23 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-23 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-24 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-21 SEIT - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-11 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-17 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-17 Chapter 44, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-17 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7154146-f949-443c-a53a-8bca8bd833b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).