republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5996.md

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Bill	Encouraging the disclosure and discussion of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace.	Encouraging the disclosure and discussion of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5996	Washington SB 5996 (2017-2018)	bill	SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS LABOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Keiser	2	28	2	2017-12-04	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/5f85a3d3-ef4a-43f8-ab8f-8622a50a6d49	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5996&year=2017	902eabaa5d0dc52ff4000ebe30efb592d7643fc407553cb8e6557446f1b0ff3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5996 (2017-2018) — Encouraging the disclosure and discussion of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#11) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keiser — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — 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 Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-01-31 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-31 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-02 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-31 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-31 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-02 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-02-09 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-01 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-21 Chapter 117, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-21 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f85a3d3-ef4a-43f8-ab8f-8622a50a6d49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).