Elections: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 57 measures from the 2025-26 session under Elections. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1030 · Ballots, discretionary audits and auditing duplicated ballots
- HB 1146 · County auditors, requiring designation of jail voting coordinator and voting plans for jails
- HB 1196 · Voters, revoking right to vote limited to infamous crimes
- HB 1223 · Voters, modifying registration challenge procedures
- HB 1339 · Local elections, permitting to be held on even-numbered years
- HB 1381 · Minority groups, language assistance
- HB 1448 · Ranked choice voting, authorizing for local elections and modifying primaries
- HB 1584 · Ballots, ending vote by mail in favor of in-person voting
- HB 1585 · Voters, verifying citizenship with department of licensing
- HB 1710 · Covered practices, restricting certain changes of method and allowing challenge
- HB 1713 · Voter registration, allowing for automatic registration vis state-tribal compacts
- HB 1745 · Ballots, requiring hand count audits by independent companies for at least 5% of ballots cast
- HB 1750 · Members of protected classes, barring discrimination and addressing claims of dilution and suppression
- HB 1761 · Oath of office, timing of
- HB 1782 · Campaign financing, modifying reporting times
- HB 1916 · Voters, modifying challenges and changes to registration lists
- HB 1918 · Supreme court, creating judicial districts
- HB 1978 · Ballots, requiring vendors to provide county auditors with source code for tabulation machines
- HB 2004 · Voters, requiring online access for printing replacement ballots and updating voter registration information
- HB 2064 · Ballots, electronic, exploring options for certain voters
- HB 2074 · Voters, prohibiting quid pro quo inducements
- HB 2123 · Contributions by foreign nationals
- HB 2206 · Uniform military and overseas voters act conforming to federal UOCAVA
- HB 2210 · Authorization of alternative election methods for local governments
- HB 2262 · Reporting requirement for signature mismatches
- HB 2333 · Personal security measures expenses
- HB 2460 · Partisan appointments for vacancies
- HB 2572 · Electronic ballot portal for certain voter groups
- HB 2574 · Deceased candidates on ballots
- HB 2705 · Campaign funds used for certain legal expenses
- HJM 4007 · Motor voter law, requesting US attorney general to audit and review
- HJR 4209 · Redistricting frequency contingent on other states
- SB 5010 · Ballot boxes, creating grant program for installing cameras to monitor
- SB 5011 · Ballot boxes, labeling requirements
- SB 5013 · Signage, requiring a public map for certain areas permitting temporary political campaign signs
- SB 5014 · County auditors, requiring cybersecurity measures including .gov domain use and network isolation
- SB 5017 · Uniform military and overseas voting act, conforming to uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act
- SB 5035 · Voter education, requiring jurisdictions changing methods of candidate selection to educate all voters
- SB 5050 · Privacy, concealing party preferences on ballots
- SB 5069 · Voter's pamphlets, specifying timing of distribution
- SB 5077 · Voter registration, implementing automatic procedure for state agencies
- SB 5225 · Candidates, modifying filing requirements and resolving similar names
- SB 5243 · Financing, prohibiting the use of health care premiums to fund political contributions
- SB 5373 · Local elections, permitting to be held on even-numbered years
- SB 5684 · Electioneering, restricting in vicinity of county auditor's office
- SB 5817 · State elections confidence using rigorous examination (SECURE) act, establishing for voter identification
- SB 5840 · Campaign finance reporting
- SB 5842 · Display of previous campaign memorabilia
- SB 5843 · Signature gatherers as election officials for harassment offenses
- SB 5892 · Confidentiality of voter registration database
- SB 5902 · Voter registration forms and acknowledgement
- SB 5903 · Uncontested cemetery district candidates not to appear on ballot
- SB 6035 · Authorizing electronic ballot portal design study
- SB 6084 · Voting multiple times in same election as class C felony
- SB 6341 · Campaign contribution limits for state employees
- SB 6358 · Corporate powers restructured including barring election activity
- SJM 8001 · Contributions, returning the right to regulate contributions to Congress and state legislatures
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.