---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning economic development tax incentives for targeted counties."
description: "Concerning economic development tax incentives for targeted counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5901"
citation: "Washington SB 5901 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d77d7395-002e-4f68-be9f-10027e23b2cd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5901&year=2021"
source_hash: "46c7dd4f5cb99dd6efd6877487a2cd1a3669893d6b30b4866240167800ddd96d"
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 5901 (2021-2022) — Concerning economic development tax incentives for targeted counties.

## 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/5901.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5901.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **36–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:30 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:30 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:00 PM.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 257, 2022 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-27T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:30 AM
- **2022-02-01T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:30 AM
- **2022-02-17T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2022-03-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2022-03-08T18:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d77d7395-002e-4f68-be9f-10027e23b2cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).