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Bill Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. us/states/wa Washington Legislature 2021-2022 SB 5237 Washington SB 5237 (2021-2022)
bill
CHILD CARE
CHILDREN
YOUTH
AND FAMILIES
DEPARTMENT
COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS
NAMED ACTS
PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS
enacted
C. Wilson
4 59 4 2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/35b74d5e-45b6-4493-9b3e-62060299eed8 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5237&year=2021 8b02af20213348dd46ee6fa3bb173b21c2989aa716e3ac6f6f4b7098bf599249 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-wa

Washington SB 5237 (2021-2022) — Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
  3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
  4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — 28–21 (pass) · upper
  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — 62–36 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#2) — 65–32 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#6) — 27–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • C. Wilson — primary (person)
  • Billig — cosponsor (person)
  • Conway — cosponsor (person)
  • Darneille — cosponsor (person)
  • Das — cosponsor (person)
  • Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
  • Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
  • Hunt — cosponsor (person)
  • Keiser — cosponsor (person)
  • Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
  • Liias — cosponsor (person)
  • Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
  • Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
  • Nobles — cosponsor (person)
  • Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
  • Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
  • Salomon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
  • 2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
  • 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
  • 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
  • 2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
  • 2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
  • 2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
  • 2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). substitution
  • 2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
  • 2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
  • 2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Children, Youth & Families. reading-1
  • 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 10:00 AM.
  • 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 8:00 AM.
  • 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 CYF - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
  • 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Children, Youth & Families. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
  • 2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
  • 2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
  • 2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
  • 2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee appointed. Senators Billig, Hawkins, Wilson, C..
  • 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee request granted.
  • 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee appointed. Representatives Bergquist, Dent, Senn.
  • 2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee report; received 9:35 AM 4/21/2021.
  • 2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee report; received 10:30 AM 4/21/2021.
  • 2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed by Representatives Bergquist, Senn; Senators Billig, Wilson, C.. passage
  • 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee report adopted.
  • 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  • 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Conference committee report adopted.
  • 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  • 2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 199, 2021 Laws. became-law
  • 2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 7/25/2021*. became-law
  • 2021-01-22T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
  • 2021-02-03T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
  • 2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
  • 2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
  • 2021-03-18T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 10:00 AM
  • 2021-03-24T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 08:00 AM
  • 2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
  • 2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35b74d5e-45b6-4493-9b3e-62060299eed8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).