republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5991.md

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Bill	Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018.	Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5991	Washington SB 5991 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION NAMED ACTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ELECTIONS	enacted	Billig	2	29	3	2017-12-04	2018-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/795b15e8-25d1-42c2-917b-a9ed13522e2f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5991&year=2017	ab8d2bfa84b9d0e374eb2f256c09d83f69a779b87f75a5824729fbbd0b37aacd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5991 (2017-2018) — Increasing transparency of contributions by creating the Washington state DISCLOSE act of 2018.

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 as Amended by the House (#3) — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — 32–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billig — primary (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — 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)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-04 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-01-12 SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-12 SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-01-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-01-19 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-21 SEIT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-21 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-28 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-19 Chapter 111, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-19 Effective date 1/1/2019. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/795b15e8-25d1-42c2-917b-a9ed13522e2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).