---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardizing homelessness definitions."
description: "Standardizing homelessness definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "Washington HB 1221 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "JUVENILES AND JUVENILE COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rule"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d569da9-fc65-4c07-a4b7-ba8de71a98a7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1221&year=2021"
source_hash: "4304d6698bcd285aab854b9afdef9bc7bbe1ff3331f34d39fe83411009fb923c"
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 HB 1221 (2021-2022) — Standardizing homelessness definitions.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1221.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1221-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **61–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rule — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Children, Youth & Families. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** CYF - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CYF 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 67, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 01:30 PM
- **2021-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-16T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d569da9-fc65-4c07-a4b7-ba8de71a98a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).