---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regarding commercial whale watching licenses."
description: "Regarding commercial whale watching licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5330"
citation: "Washington SB 5330 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c81e52f-e6c8-4c17-8e30-1bec15eff9e1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5330&year=2021"
source_hash: "680df167521e85232692718ca523c5a5002e27803a4eccf26eacfe153c658d43"
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 5330 (2021-2022) — Regarding commercial whale watching licenses.

## 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/5330.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5330.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5330-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 284, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 5/12/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c81e52f-e6c8-4c17-8e30-1bec15eff9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).