republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5975.md

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Bill	Relating to paid family and medical leave.	Relating to paid family and medical leave.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5975	Washington SB 5975 (2017-2018)	bill	TITLE ONLY BILLS	enacted	Fain	2	22	2	2017-06-29	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5975&year=2017	f8c5995277dba411bebc9813f090aaa59959f91e3844a301dd6c4f41592a453c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5975 (2017-2018) — Relating to paid family and medical leave.

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 (#15) — 65–29 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — 37–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fain — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy — cosponsor (person)
• Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Ranker — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-29 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-06-30 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-06-30 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-06-30 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-06-30 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-06-30 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-06-30 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-06-30 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-06-30 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-06-30 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-06-30 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-06-30 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-06-30 Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-06-30 Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. reading-1
• 2017-06-30 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-06-30 Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-06-30 President signed. passage
• 2017-06-30 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-06-30 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-07-05 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-07-05 Chapter 5, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. became-law
• 2017-07-05 Effective date 10/19/2017*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7774e98-6980-4a71-9b36-bd15beda6ff7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).