---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Washington blockchain work group."
description: "Establishing the Washington blockchain work group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5544"
citation: "Washington SB 5544 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COMPUTERS", "CURRENCY", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY", "REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53810ed0-c6d2-4467-9665-f30e17220f2f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5544&year=2021"
source_hash: "bf451e347c12856d2c848cdc1665d0157cb60c4386c445efc3af7c6581238dff"
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 5544 (2021-2022) — Establishing the Washington blockchain work group.

## 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/5544.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5544-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5544-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#45) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 226, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-01T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development 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/53810ed0-c6d2-4467-9665-f30e17220f2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).