republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5875.md

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Bill	Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act.	Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5875	Washington SB 5875 (2021-2022)	bill	COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES EMERGENCY STATE OF LICENSING DEPARTMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION	enacted	Nguyen	1	30	2	2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e398ead7-7969-4a49-bb12-d0a527debb10	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5875&year=2021	d5bb1bfe4839dfc768b175170fe25c8ae02fd510bd881b73c15ed7b6bb7e126b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5875 (2021-2022) — Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act.

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 (#14) — 28–21 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — 53–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nguyen — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. reading-1
• 2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 LCTA - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+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
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 LAWS - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+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
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 290, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-24T14:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM
• 2022-01-31T14:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM
• 2022-02-16T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
• 2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e398ead7-7969-4a49-bb12-d0a527debb10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).