---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning ethical performance of faculty duties."
description: "Concerning ethical performance of faculty duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5854"
citation: "Washington SB 5854 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "STATE BOARD FOR", "ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/033c2100-6369-4fd3-96f6-8478a61ce1f6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5854&year=2021"
source_hash: "a7f6966713b7f1e07f37b97052d67b5c4f6df246ada383fc5a5b26db64b956d8"
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 5854 (2021-2022) — Concerning ethical performance of faculty duties.

## 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/5854.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to State Government & Elections. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government & Elections. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+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, 93; nays, 4; 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`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 173, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development 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/033c2100-6369-4fd3-96f6-8478a61ce1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).