republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5368.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging rural economic development."
description: "Encouraging rural economic development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5368"
citation: "Washington SB 5368 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT", "SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f40ec4-e860-41d0-89d6-cdd1023cdda5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5368&year=2021"
source_hash: "ff67da7acb043b411f30edf37ec88dbc3dcc23e3539e9d27f108735d28a5d320"
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 5368 (2021-2022) — Encouraging rural economic development.

## 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/5368.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5368-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5368-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+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; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **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.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:30 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+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) but without amendment(s) by Local Government. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 312, 2021 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-04T13:00:00+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
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-23T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f40ec4-e860-41d0-89d6-cdd1023cdda5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).