republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5961.md

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Bill	Incentivizing the use of biochar in government contracts.	Incentivizing the use of biochar in government contracts.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5961	Washington SB 5961 (2021-2022)	bill	AGRICULTURE CLIMATE FOREST LAND FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS	enacted	Sefzik	2	38	3	2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b526c092-d291-41e1-9769-11a2719b101c	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5961&year=2021	1f69042154f5764d0d644d7cc478f50eba4c0d84c1ab1c8934d004bf998ac791	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5961 (2021-2022) — Incentivizing the use of biochar in government contracts.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#38) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sefzik — primary (person)
• Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Short — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2022-02-05T05:00:00+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 Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. 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 (AWNP 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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. reading-1
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 SGOV - 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 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 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, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. 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, 49; nays, 0; 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
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 293, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-02-01T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
• 2022-02-03T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
• 2022-02-05T14:00:00+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
• 2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
• 2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b526c092-d291-41e1-9769-11a2719b101c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).