---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle pilot sales and use tax exemption program."
description: "Creating a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle pilot sales and use tax exemption program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5000"
citation: "Washington SB 5000 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUELS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1dcc244-d01b-4641-a27e-37f99d82d62e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5000&year=2021"
source_hash: "82a27ece26b2c62e79a022482b01e821e66021926cae703d0d994cf5285dc563"
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 5000 (2021-2022) — Creating a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle pilot sales and use tax exemption program.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5000.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5000-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5000-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Ericksen — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 2:00 PM.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 171, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-21T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2021-01-26T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-11T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-25T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-31T18:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 02:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1dcc244-d01b-4641-a27e-37f99d82d62e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).