republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5847.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing information to public service employees about the public service loan forgiveness program."
description: "Providing information to public service employees about the public service loan forgiveness program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5847"
citation: "Washington SB 5847 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9536045d-9cb7-474a-816b-8c2a2b1f2e6d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5847&year=2021"
source_hash: "132b2afdc6c5db6721c95f50b03108b07269d61b499681d85b6b765fb243410c"
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 5847 (2021-2022) — Providing information to public service employees about the public service loan forgiveness program.

## 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/5847.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5847-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5847-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+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; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Higher Education & Workforce Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 1st substitute bill substituted (HEWD 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and 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 College & Workforce Development. `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`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+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, 66; nays, 32; 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** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **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 248, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/30/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **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
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-28T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM
- **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/9536045d-9cb7-474a-816b-8c2a2b1f2e6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).