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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act."
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description: "Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "SB 5875"
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citation: "Washington SB 5875 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e398ead7-7969-4a49-bb12-d0a527debb10"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5875&year=2021"
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source_hash: "d5bb1bfe4839dfc768b175170fe25c8ae02fd510bd881b73c15ed7b6bb7e126b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5875 (2021-2022) — Adding employees employed by the department of licensing who are assigned to review, process, approve, and issue driver licenses to the definition of frontline employees under the health emergency labor standards act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5875.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **53–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nguyen — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
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- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
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- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
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- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
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- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 290, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
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- **2022-01-24T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM
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- **2022-01-31T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM
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- **2022-02-16T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
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- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e398ead7-7969-4a49-bb12-d0a527debb10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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