---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the use of the rural counties public facilities sales and use tax to include affordable workforce housing."
description: "Expanding the use of the rural counties public facilities sales and use tax to include affordable workforce housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5868"
citation: "Washington SB 5868 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "TAXES - SALES", "TAXES - USE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ea9fc3-d9e8-44bd-bbb7-bbe6707a0052"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5868&year=2021"
source_hash: "21534b0d984b6ca5f5484f8b1db6999fac17e6374fab6b0f43411b084b27f775"
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 5868 (2021-2022) — Expanding the use of the rural counties public facilities sales and use tax to include affordable workforce housing.

## 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/5868.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **68–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **41–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 28; 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, 43; nays, 6; 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`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 175, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-26T15:30:00+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
- **2022-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance 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/41ea9fc3-d9e8-44bd-bbb7-bbe6707a0052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).