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WA SB 5973

died on adjournment

Protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5973 pass?

No. WA SB 5973 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): Senate Rules "X" file.

What is WA SB 5973 about?

WA SB 5973 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5973?

Valdez is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5973, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-26 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Valdezprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Pedersencosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Kauffmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-05

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

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  3. 2026-01-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2026-01-23

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

  5. 2026-01-23

    SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-23

    Minority; do not pass.

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  7. 2026-01-26

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2026-02-04

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  9. 2026-02-26

    Senate Rules "X" file.

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5973&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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