---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining."
description: "Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5381"
citation: "Washington SB 5381 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "FISH", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "HYDRAULIC PERMITS AND PROJECTS", "SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298b9c09-b2b7-4f39-8750-12bb54b6ecc3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5381&year=2021"
source_hash: "ba34e3124ed80f8184fd3cecd1436d73f108a00bf71587a0e9a4ae6365aca126"
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 5381 (2021-2022) — Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining.

## 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/5381.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5381-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 289, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-08T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy 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/298b9c09-b2b7-4f39-8750-12bb54b6ecc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).