republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5040.md

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Bill	Enhancing litter control along state highways.	Enhancing litter control along state highways.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5040	Washington SB 5040 (2021-2022)	bill	ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL NAMED ACTS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SOLID WASTE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT	enacted	Fortunato	1	39	3	2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-12-28T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/54cc2845-0909-441f-80c2-df67188f454e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5040&year=2021	afbd82c19ca0871612d0ae6e55664c76e3b9f0ae9a9d575f4ef08a9765585589	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5040 (2021-2022) — Enhancing litter control along state highways.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fortunato — primary (person)
• J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-28T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
• 2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 ENET - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 TRAN - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. reading-1
• 2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM.
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 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, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 231, 2021 Laws. became-law
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 7/25/2021. became-law
• 2021-01-21T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
• 2021-02-03T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
• 2021-02-15T21:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 04:00 PM
• 2021-02-22T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
• 2021-03-19T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM
• 2021-03-25T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54cc2845-0909-441f-80c2-df67188f454e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).