---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making human trafficking a disqualifying offense for a commercial driver's license and coming into compliance with the requirements of the federal motor carrier safety administration."
description: "Making human trafficking a disqualifying offense for a commercial driver's license and coming into compliance with the requirements of the federal motor carrier safety administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5631"
citation: "Washington SB 5631 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "LABOR", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8707b2b-64ac-46df-8717-5a690342c273"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5631&year=2021"
source_hash: "4745f823c0e69bf72aaf902493f66b5b3876db0f58dd25bb1a1329f0a3340352"
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 5631 (2021-2022) — Making human trafficking a disqualifying offense for a commercial driver's license and coming into compliance with the requirements of the federal motor carrier safety administration.

## 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/5631.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5631-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** TR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 51, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 9/23/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-01-27T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8707b2b-64ac-46df-8717-5a690342c273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).