---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses."
description: "Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5405"
citation: "Washington SB 5405 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "COMMISSION", "ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS", "STATE COMMISSION", "HISPANIC AFFAIRS", "STATE COMMISSION", "LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE", "JOINT (JLARC)", "MINORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c89fd2-0ae8-46a0-ab30-2f42737fc46a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5405&year=2021"
source_hash: "60601d2db1b695ac16e871beb2cb356a96a20bec912e2d16d1fc43858f54bad0"
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 5405 (2021-2022) — Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses.

## 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/5405.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5405-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5405-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **56–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 310, 2021 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+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
- **2021-02-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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
- **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/f3c89fd2-0ae8-46a0-ab30-2f42737fc46a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).