---
type: "Bill"
title: "Describing how the legislature may convene a special session."
description: "Describing how the legislature may convene a special session."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5196"
citation: "Washington SB 5196 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82e689d-3122-49fc-b126-848ba456c778"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5196&year=2021"
source_hash: "76f6b5563d5f4337f5f752950991cd7c454c2366f4656e3b515103107da0e229"
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 5196 (2021-2022) — Describing how the legislature may convene a special session.

## 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/5196.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; 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.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+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 150, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2021-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-03T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 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
- **2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/a82e689d-3122-49fc-b126-848ba456c778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).