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State Government / Washington / Legislation / SB 5973

SB 5973Session 2025-2026SenateIn committee

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.

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Latest development · Feb 26, 2026

Senate Rules "X" file.

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Session
2025-2026
Introduced
Jan 5, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Elections & Government

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsor

Valdez

cosponsorAlvarado
cosponsorC. Wilson
cosponsorChapman
cosponsorConway
cosponsorFrame
cosponsorKauffman
cosponsorNobles
cosponsorPedersen
cosponsorStanford
cosponsorTrudeau

Action timeline

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View full action timeline9 actions⌄
  1. Feb 26, 2026

    Senate Rules "X" file.

    Senate
  2. Feb 4, 2026

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    Reading 2Senate
  3. Jan 26, 2026

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    Senate
  4. Jan 23, 2026

    Minority; do not pass.

    Committee Passage UnfavorableSenate
  5. Jan 23, 2026

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

    SubstitutionSenate
  6. Jan 23, 2026

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

    Senate
  7. Jan 20, 2026

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

    Senate
  8. Jan 12, 2026

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

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeSenate
  9. Jan 5, 2026

    Prefiled for introduction.

    FilingSenate

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Source data last updated Jul 9, 2026.