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WashingtonSB 60352025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters.

Sponsored By: Claudia Kauffman (Democratic)

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Regular voting access meetings with tribes

County auditors must meet with each federally recognized tribe in their county by August 1 and again by September 1 of every odd‑numbered year. They plan and confirm voting centers or ballot drop boxes on reservations, including size, days and hours, deadlines, and recruiting election officers, and keep meeting during the election year if a tribe sets these up. If they cannot reach each other, the Secretary of State, through a tribal liaison, helps make contact. The Secretary of State also meets every two years with tribes to address voting barriers, like outreach, using tribal IDs for online registration, ballot mailing sites, drop boxes, student voter info, and personalized reminders. These rules apply to federally recognized tribes whose traditional lands include parts of Washington.

Study of electronic ballot return

The Secretary of State can study a secure electronic portal to let covered voters return ballots. Covered voters are service and overseas voters, disabled voters, and tribal members who live on a reservation. Any design studied must block electronic attacks, protect privacy, allow only one vote per voter, and create an auditable paper record. The law does not allow anyone to return ballots by portal now. If a study is done, the Secretary reports results and any recommendation to lawmakers within 180 days after finishing, and the study authority ends 30 days after the report with written notice to officials and affected parties.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Claudia Kauffman

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Derek Stanford

    Democratic • Senate

  • Javier Valdez

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marcus Riccelli

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marko Liias

    Democratic • Senate

  • Noel Frame

    Democratic • Senate

  • T'wina Nobles

    Democratic • Senate

  • Member 27504

    House

  • Yasmin Trudeau

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 116 • No: 74

Senate vote • 3/10/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 29 • No: 19 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/3/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 57 • No: 36 • Other: 5

Senate vote • 2/12/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 30 • No: 19

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/25/2026Senate

  2. Chapter 214, 2026 Laws.

    3/25/2026Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    3/25/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/12/2026legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    3/11/2026legislature

  6. President signed.

    3/11/2026legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    3/10/2026Senate

  8. Senate concurred in House amendments.

    3/10/2026House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    3/3/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/3/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

    3/3/2026Senate

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

    3/2/2026Senate

  13. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/25/2026Senate

  14. SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/24/2026Senate

  15. SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    2/24/2026Senate

  16. Minority; do not pass.

    2/24/2026Senate

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

    2/14/2026Senate

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

    2/12/2026Senate

  19. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/12/2026Senate

  20. 2nd substitute bill substituted.

    2/12/2026Senate

  21. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/10/2026Senate

  22. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    2/9/2026Senate

  23. Minority; without recommendation.

    2/9/2026Senate

  24. WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/9/2026Senate

  25. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.

    2/2/2026Senate

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