---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning additive transportation funding and appropriations."
description: "Concerning additive transportation funding and appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5975"
citation: "Washington SB 5975 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS", "CLIMATE", "NAMED ACTS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716ebb22-8b6f-4f92-ab37-42ae4ac4e18e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5975&year=2021"
source_hash: "d1cad048a8ca667dabccbd5693c0f5da4324cc5a6fb405917fdd04725572349f"
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 5975 (2021-2022) — Concerning additive transportation funding and appropriations.

## 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/5975.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5975-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 1264 Eslick Pg 6 Ln 3 (#23) — **41–54** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#4) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
- 1265 Corry Pg 6 Ln 22 (#24) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#21) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:00 PM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Rules Review. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee appointed. Senators Liias, Saldaña, King.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee request granted.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Barkis, Fey, Wylie.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report; received 1:42 PM 3/9/2022.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Representatives Fey, Wylie; Senators Liias, Saldaña. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report; received 2:30 PM 3/9/2022.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senators Liias, Saldaña; Representatives Fey, Wylie. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **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`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 187, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/25/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-02-21T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/716ebb22-8b6f-4f92-ab37-42ae4ac4e18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).