---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing fire districts and regional fire authorities to carry out certain treasurer functions."
description: "Allowing fire districts and regional fire authorities to carry out certain treasurer functions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5565"
citation: "Washington SB 5565 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheldon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03741618-660c-400a-93bd-111a3558726d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5565&year=2021"
source_hash: "59f649322c153f8f166eeb1927e44f48a281540a0f21d9afa3b56616d4bafd7e"
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 5565 (2021-2022) — Allowing fire districts and regional fire authorities to carry out certain treasurer functions.

## 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/5565.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheldon — primary (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 90, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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/03741618-660c-400a-93bd-111a3558726d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).