---
type: "Bill"
title: "Granting interest arbitration to department of corrections employees."
description: "Granting interest arbitration to department of corrections employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5021"
citation: "Washington SB 5021 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27a4b2cb-ecc9-46c5-bf42-1940aa1dbc47"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5021&year=2019"
source_hash: "7912c3be7a1fcf006b959f03f068c7dea51cf0c75e11defb0a3a87eac46431ef"
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 5021 (2019-2020) — Granting interest arbitration to department of corrections employees.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5021.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5021-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5021-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#31) — **83–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 233, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27a4b2cb-ecc9-46c5-bf42-1940aa1dbc47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).