---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team."
description: "Concerning the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5403"
citation: "Washington SB 5403 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb7e3a36-2500-408e-b616-da22c59e60e9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5403&year=2021"
source_hash: "46594ab88148752daa75504f537f21d80f3fc7ea947b1dc480b6975b96e64afc"
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 5403 (2021-2022) — Concerning the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team.

## 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/5403.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5403-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 190, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-12T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development 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/fb7e3a36-2500-408e-b616-da22c59e60e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).