republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5396.md

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Bill	Expanding the sales and use tax exemption for farmworker housing.	Expanding the sales and use tax exemption for farmworker housing.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5396	Washington SB 5396 (2021-2022)	bill	AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES FARMS AND FARMING HOMES AND HOUSING TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS CREDITS DEDUCTIONS DEFERRALS ETC.	enacted	Lovelett	3	39	2	2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/289f3eb6-6654-4cd7-a354-814b8ec99143	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5396&year=2021	ed358375dad39b3184e83f95d74fd83744b474a534e169cf0433a43dee1180ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5396 (2021-2022) — Expanding the sales and use tax exemption for farmworker housing.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 38–9 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 57–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lovelett — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. reading-1
• 2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 HLG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). substitution
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 FIN - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 250, 2021 Laws. became-law
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 10/1/2021. became-law
• 2021-02-09T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
• 2021-02-11T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
• 2021-02-19T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
• 2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
• 2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
• 2021-03-29T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/289f3eb6-6654-4cd7-a354-814b8ec99143. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).