---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning rent payments made by residential tenants."
description: "Concerning rent payments made by residential tenants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5749"
citation: "Washington SB 5749 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD AND TENANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6060f9ba-0ef2-41f1-8b1a-9f1fc093aeac"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5749&year=2021"
source_hash: "aefe6a4ccf12c3c468f08d68d4b7cf3bd749c26f27670d9fc58e264a925aca3b"
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 5749 (2021-2022) — Concerning rent payments made by residential tenants.

## 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/5749.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5749-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#41) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — 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 Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLG 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing, Human Services & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** HHSV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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, 49; nays, 0; 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`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 95, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-19T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6060f9ba-0ef2-41f1-8b1a-9f1fc093aeac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).