---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing certain traffic safety improvements."
description: "Addressing certain traffic safety improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5687"
citation: "Washington SB 5687 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRAFFIC", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8a8c78-6075-482e-977f-7617b28bc29f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5687&year=2021"
source_hash: "fadb083e847fffb8f093abe9f01c2e04aa6fa22cf2e679fa58ef6e93f6210534"
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 5687 (2021-2022) — Addressing certain traffic safety improvements.

## 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/5687.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **27–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; 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 235, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-18T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-03T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation 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/bc8a8c78-6075-482e-977f-7617b28bc29f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).