---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the state auditor's duties and procedures."
description: "Addressing the state auditor's duties and procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5002"
citation: "Washington SB 5002 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITOR", "STATE", "LABOR", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LONG-TERM CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b84d9481-b2e1-4f22-a4f9-787cb54433f2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5002&year=2021"
source_hash: "67f3319f8066705d8f85d8e05ffa83c05d83cc82868ff003a934b222cc43c696"
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 5002 (2021-2022) — Addressing the state auditor's duties and procedures.

## 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/5002.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#41) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Rules "X" file.
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 148, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-15T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b84d9481-b2e1-4f22-a4f9-787cb54433f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).