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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings."
description: "Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5227"
citation: "Washington SB 5227 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0432bd7e-29c9-4d10-a6ee-fdfc46921d75"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5227&year=2017"
source_hash: "64d31bdc42c7ac3fadedff13a8367de668db206573a07705caea320069d1dbf1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 5227 (2017-2018) — Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5227.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#9) — **960** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- King — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 87, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0432bd7e-29c9-4d10-a6ee-fdfc46921d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).