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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning survivor benefits."
description: "Concerning survivor benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5545"
citation: "Washington SB 5545 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "MILITARY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01a112a0-f28d-42b4-80e3-3264d2cc82d9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5545&year=2021"
source_hash: "e53f25708cd0af297260009fc06c134ae902a2c59a87a6ca9cf24998af3ea6cd"
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 5545 (2021-2022) — Concerning survivor benefits.
## 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/5545.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 45, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01a112a0-f28d-42b4-80e3-3264d2cc82d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).