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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems."
+description: "Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5843"
+citation: "Washington SB 5843 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-14"
+last_action: "2024-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a609b68-02e2-4c81-8432-ab2593426f63"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5843&year=2023"
+source_hash: "5b9be12a548dcdb46565a3736d7e4262b982c52c450fe0f432b484b6533b9acc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5843 (2023-2024) — Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5843.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5843.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **58–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nguyen — primary (person)
+- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-12** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-13** Chapter 28, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a609b68-02e2-4c81-8432-ab2593426f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+