---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning transitional food assistance."
description: "Concerning transitional food assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5785"
citation: "Washington SB 5785 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovelett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b3101b-c2d1-47b8-9573-10d4171e3e17"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5785&year=2021"
source_hash: "345bfdc3ff6ba054f9be317d32ad2b7e0b5a46b998a2a70c30743a524859ee84"
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 5785 (2021-2022) — Concerning transitional food assistance.

## 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/5785.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5785-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovelett — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSRR 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing, Human Services & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** HHSV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+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 98, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans 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/d2b3101b-c2d1-47b8-9573-10d4171e3e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).