republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5974.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing transportation resources."
description: "Addressing transportation resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5974"
citation: "Washington SB 5974 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "BICYCLES", "CLIMATE", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "FERRIES", "FUELS", "IDENTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NAMED ACTS", "PARKS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "PUBLIC TRANSIT", "RAILROADS", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "TAXES - AIRCRAFT FUEL", "TAXES - BORDER AREA MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL AND SPECIAL FUEL", "TAXES - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "TAXES - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL", "TAXES - SALES", "TAXES - USE", "TRAFFIC", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION", "TRANSPORTATION", "DEPARTMENT", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c00602-0821-4098-a597-89f0d19f016e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5974&year=2021"
source_hash: "7d78dc98fc61f4367c71688386905d61f58f91328b7a6ce014f79e929d4f0da7"
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 5974 (2021-2022) — Addressing transportation resources.

## 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/5974.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S.htm)

## Votes

- 1266 Barkis Pg 1 Ln 2 (#18) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- 1231 Fey Pg 5 Ln 35 (#19) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#3) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- 1238 Griffey Pg 97 Ln 11 (#21) — **43–53** (fail) · lower
- 1262 Goehner Pg 97 Ln 17 (#20) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- 1190 Fortunato Striker (#30) — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 1177 King Pg 6 Ln 31 (#28) — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- 1179 Short Pg 76 Ln 31 (#29) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#20) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **54–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee appointed. Senators Liias, Saldaña, King.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee request granted.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Barkis, Fey, Wylie.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report; received 1:40 PM 3/9/2022.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Representatives Fey, Wylie; Senators Liias, Saldaña. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report; received 2:30 PM 3/9/2022.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senators Liias, Saldaña; Representatives Fey, Wylie. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 182, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/1/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-02-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation 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/35c00602-0821-4098-a597-89f0d19f016e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).