---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning business entities."
description: "Concerning business entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5489"
citation: "Washington SB 5489 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS", "CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc855433-f318-471d-aa3c-44f9e58ba07b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5489&year=2021"
source_hash: "23294b84e46dbcdf8818ddfbc235c581f26c164a4b46c0ec036638ec90fc8e42"
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 5489 (2021-2022) — Concerning business entities.

## 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/5489.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 42, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2022-01-13T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc855433-f318-471d-aa3c-44f9e58ba07b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).