---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the consumer protection improvement act."
description: "Concerning the consumer protection improvement act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5025"
citation: "Washington SB 5025 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "DISCRIMINATION", "MINORITIES", "NAMED ACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca7749b3-d6f3-4163-b88c-6011d6ed0986"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5025&year=2021"
source_hash: "efc4b4b7dbc2a64f9e5b71959addcd3834da91fd0ac79a9362d761346f6a2372"
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 5025 (2021-2022) — Concerning the consumer protection improvement act.

## 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/5025.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5025-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** CPB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 228, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-14T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2021-01-28T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-17T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca7749b3-d6f3-4163-b88c-6011d6ed0986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).