---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state oversight and accountability of peace officers and corrections officers."
description: "Concerning state oversight and accountability of peace officers and corrections officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5051"
citation: "Washington SB 5051 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "INDIANS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffffc8a-1081-4128-b84f-6484192d809b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5051&year=2021"
source_hash: "5431f5609169fa9af99558cd826d0f4331482a721eb4acd892a133e1f10dc05e"
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 5051 (2021-2022) — Concerning state oversight and accountability of peace officers and corrections officers.

## 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/5051.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5051-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5051-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5051-S.htm)

## Votes

- 160 Braun Striker (#15) — **20–26** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **26–19** (pass) · upper
- 167 Brown Pg 37 Ln 28 (#14) — **20–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-31T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 19; absent, 1; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Public Safety. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 323, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-18T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 09:30 AM
- **2021-01-21T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2021-02-01T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-15T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+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/3ffffc8a-1081-4128-b84f-6484192d809b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).