republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5849.md

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Bill	Addressing the need for veterans' services.	Addressing the need for veterans' services.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5849	Washington SB 5849 (2017-2018)	bill	WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE VETERANS VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT	enacted	Angel	1	23	3	2017-02-22	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/302b525e-27b9-4789-98eb-f2ebc7856595	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5849&year=2017	5715e0d3fd1c84f6a1add10e51905e38ea317c93c648faa57896fb52487707cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5849 (2017-2018) — Addressing the need for veterans' services.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Angel — primary (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Becker — cosponsor (person)
• Braun — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Pearson — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-22 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-02-24 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 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
• 2017-03-03 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.
• 2017-03-27 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-11 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-04-11 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-17 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2017-04-17 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2017-04-19 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-04 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-04 Chapter 192, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-04 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/302b525e-27b9-4789-98eb-f2ebc7856595. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).