republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5793.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning stipends for low-income or underrepresented community members of state boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other similar groups."
description: "Concerning stipends for low-income or underrepresented community members of state boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other similar groups."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5793"
citation: "Washington SB 5793 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOW-INCOME PERSONS", "MINORITIES", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f2e26e9-90f6-44c2-b48f-a1611adcdd66"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5793&year=2021"
source_hash: "e93c3e9f85048e2ab5086ac59f7bc241659073c7003d3d9db867de00cbd8456f"
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 5793 (2021-2022) — Concerning stipends for low-income or underrepresented community members of state boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other similar groups.

## 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/5793.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5793-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5793-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 245, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-21T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-04T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-28T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f2e26e9-90f6-44c2-b48f-a1611adcdd66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).