---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning economic assistance programs."
description: "Concerning economic assistance programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5214"
citation: "Washington SB 5214 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c710bc-52ba-4390-8964-ec060c23dc61"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5214&year=2021"
source_hash: "de52e4379df0b60371305060f19b9ddb035ab6c6a826aa17eb03744adc363347"
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 5214 (2021-2022) — Concerning economic assistance programs.

## 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/5214.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5214-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5214-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing, Human Services & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** HHSV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+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 Housing, Human Services & Veterans. `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`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **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, 85; nays, 13; 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, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+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 239, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2023**. `became-law`
- **2021-01-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-05T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 10:30 AM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-23T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **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/13c710bc-52ba-4390-8964-ec060c23dc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).