---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing mental health sentencing alternatives."
description: "Addressing mental health sentencing alternatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5293"
citation: "Washington SB 5293 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "SENTENCES AND SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61acc022-0210-4c88-a3db-e2572c6f74c7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5293&year=2021"
source_hash: "b77aa8bc685a07037fbc7393bde01e27ef20b1146d37377895619d67cd7d4c49"
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 5293 (2021-2022) — Addressing mental health sentencing alternatives.

## 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/5293.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5293-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5293-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 242, 2021 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-08T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 09:30 AM
- **2021-02-11T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61acc022-0210-4c88-a3db-e2572c6f74c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).