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WashingtonSB 50772025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.

Sponsored By: Javier Valdez (Democratic)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Easier online and campus voter registration

Beginning July 27, 2025, you can register online on the secretary of state’s site or through approved agency or college websites. If you are eligible to vote, you may apply using a Washington driver’s license, state ID, learner permit, current Washington tribal ID, or the last four digits of your Social Security number. You must accept the registration oath and, if using a Washington ID, consent to use your licensing signature; if not using a Washington ID, you must send a picture of your signature. The secretary of state gets a digital copy of each applicant’s signature from licensing, the voter, or a tribal ID authority and may add extra security. Online applications count the same as mail. Colleges must show an active prompt on course registration pages that links students to the state’s voter registration site and asks if they want to register.

More voter registration at state agencies

Beginning July 27, 2025, the governor, after consulting the secretary of state, names which agencies provide automatic voter registration or automatic updates. Once an agency starts, it must keep doing it unless the law changes. Designated state agencies must offer voter registration to employees and the public at every office and post a standard notice from the secretary of state. Federally recognized tribes can ask the governor to designate state facilities or programs on tribal lands for voter registration. The secretary of state may get needed signature images from the licensing department when a signed service application exists. Agencies may not add new citizenship checks just to enable automatic registration.

Voter sign-up for people leaving prison

Beginning July 27, 2025, if the governor designates the Department of Corrections, county auditors process voter sign‑ups sent by corrections. People who sign up while in total confinement are marked pending until they become eligible. Auditors wait to mail the acknowledgment until corrections reports a release or transfer to partial confinement.

Register to vote through Healthplanfinder

Beginning July 27, 2025, Washington Healthplanfinder sends your name, address, and birth date to the secretary of state if you live in Washington, are 18 or older, are a verified U.S. citizen, and say you want to register. It may also send data for applicants whose citizenship is reliably verified unless you decline within 15 days after a notice mailed within five business days. If you already have a current registration with no name or address change, no notice or data is sent. When the secretary of state gets your data, the office processes it as automatic registration. The exchange and the secretary set secure, privacy‑compliant procedures so the secretary can obtain a digital signature from licensing. Parts that require federal CMS approval start only after that approval.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Javier Valdez

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Bob Hasegawa

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jesse Salomon

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jessica Bateman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marcus Riccelli

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marko Liias

    Democratic • Senate

  • Noel Frame

    Democratic • Senate

  • T'wina Nobles

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 119 • No: 75

Senate vote • 4/17/2025

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 30 • No: 19

House vote • 4/11/2025

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 59 • No: 37 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 2/12/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 30 • No: 19

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 7/27/2025.

    5/17/2025Senate

  2. Chapter 330, 2025 Laws.

    5/17/2025Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    5/17/2025legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/23/2025legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    4/22/2025legislature

  6. President signed.

    4/19/2025legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    4/17/2025Senate

  8. Senate concurred in House amendments.

    4/17/2025House

  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    4/11/2025Senate

  10. Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    4/11/2025Senate

  11. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/11/2025Senate

  12. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    4/11/2025Senate

  13. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    4/8/2025Senate

  14. Minority; do not pass.

    4/7/2025Senate

  15. APP - Majority; do pass.

    4/7/2025Senate

  16. APP - Executive action taken by committee.

    4/7/2025Senate

  17. Referred to Appropriations.

    3/31/2025Senate

  18. Minority; do not pass.

    3/28/2025Senate

  19. SGOV - Majority; do pass.

    3/28/2025Senate

  20. SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.

    3/28/2025Senate

  21. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

    2/17/2025Senate

  22. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/12/2025Senate

  23. Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    2/12/2025Senate

  24. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/5/2025Senate

  25. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    1/28/2025Senate

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