---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding public contracting opportunities for women and minority business enterprises by increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises."
description: "Expanding public contracting opportunities for women and minority business enterprises by increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Washington HB 1259 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c37625-b9a8-4db9-affd-f841bffb64db"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1259&year=2021"
source_hash: "9ea0d6e35a308b88cdfc662e5c257deeae11e40e3fe4a178c7820d2e681cc053"
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 HB 1259 (2021-2022) — Expanding public contracting opportunities for women and minority business enterprises by increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.

## 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/House%20Bills/1259.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1259-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **43–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:30 AM.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 160, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-26T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-29T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 08:30 AM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-25T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46c37625-b9a8-4db9-affd-f841bffb64db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).