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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning unemployment insurance."
description: "Concerning unemployment insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5061"
citation: "Washington SB 5061 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d231c2f-259c-4398-b7f3-d3bfd59371fe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5061&year=2021"
source_hash: "d474e21baceed09963b0fe3f759eb6f83340848acba83c56dd34b0ab7753d801"
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 5061 (2021-2022) — Concerning unemployment insurance.
## 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/5061.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5061-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5061-S.htm)
## Votes
- 10 Braun Pg 21 Ln 4 (#4) — **22–27** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LCTA 21). `substitution`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Held on second reading.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 2, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 2/8/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM
- **2021-01-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d231c2f-259c-4398-b7f3-d3bfd59371fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).