---
type: "Bill"
title: "Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint."
description: "Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5221"
citation: "Washington SB 5221 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8004e73d-5ca5-4f48-9d88-357a67c50243"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5221&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "cb346d2959bee927b06c4f26132a288810a709e7d830e4541f6b0872aba7a73e"
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 5221 (2025-2026) — Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5221.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5221-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5221-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 130, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8004e73d-5ca5-4f48-9d88-357a67c50243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).