---
type: "Bill"
title: "Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain higher education uniformed personnel."
description: "Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain higher education uniformed personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5022"
citation: "Washington SB 5022 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d589d553-48fa-4acd-a844-0e4fc9fd0fb2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5022&year=2019"
source_hash: "80b5df1a67dbe77fdcd5d17f88d30eb3d05c0321bf8a9cac57ce190699f1f76c"
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 5022 (2019-2020) — Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain higher education uniformed personnel.

## 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/5022.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **68–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — 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; do pass.
- **2019-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **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, 68; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 2; 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 partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 234, 2019 Laws PV. `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/d589d553-48fa-4acd-a844-0e4fc9fd0fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).