---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Patches pal special license plates."
description: "Creating Patches pal special license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5741"
citation: "Washington SB 5741 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "TELEVISION AND TELEVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a46db8-7c43-4d16-8c6a-e2df30a1b0fb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5741&year=2021"
source_hash: "441c116ac421d515d6a044cfcd84d81db5290765fb05fe545ea8f6739f116c8e"
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 5741 (2021-2022) — Creating Patches pal special license plates.

## 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/5741.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5741-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 22). `substitution`
- **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, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+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 239, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 10/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-27T21:00:00+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
- **2022-02-23T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-25T15:00:00+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/e3a46db8-7c43-4d16-8c6a-e2df30a1b0fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).