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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the need for veterans' services."
description: "Addressing the need for veterans' services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5849"
citation: "Washington SB 5849 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "VETERANS", "VETERANS AFFAIRS", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302b525e-27b9-4789-98eb-f2ebc7856595"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5849&year=2017"
source_hash: "5715e0d3fd1c84f6a1add10e51905e38ea317c93c648faa57896fb52487707cc"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5849.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **490** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **480** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/302b525e-27b9-4789-98eb-f2ebc7856595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).