---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning law enforcement personnel collective bargaining."
description: "Concerning law enforcement personnel collective bargaining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5055"
citation: "Washington SB 5055 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b24b4a-686e-46cc-b8cf-21e1d130e9ec"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5055&year=2021"
source_hash: "c15cc31e956ec697f98869344ae9a4ad110e7304dff9b44d7dc810af902acb51"
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 5055 (2021-2022) — Concerning law enforcement personnel collective bargaining.

## 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/5055.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5055-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **60–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LCTA 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 13, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-03T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards 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/99b24b4a-686e-46cc-b8cf-21e1d130e9ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).