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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning irrigation district elections."
+description: "Concerning irrigation district elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5669"
+citation: "Washington SB 5669 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a79138a1-5326-4615-bf3c-06c8402c0994"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5669&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "d73c22d4a22b975d6048421bda7e5c2868954529c053bfe2cf7e1918926db43f"
+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 5669 (2025-2026) — Concerning irrigation district elections.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5669.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5669.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **85–11** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Torres — primary (person)
+- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 11:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-01** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30** Chapter 191, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-30** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a79138a1-5326-4615-bf3c-06c8402c0994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+