---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning curing ballots to assure that votes are counted."
description: "Concerning curing ballots to assure that votes are counted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1545"
citation: "Washington HB 1545 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mead"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56bb65f0-47f8-4fd7-96f4-050754dd3bf5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1545&year=2019"
source_hash: "a35479a0e164b91899836e11ed472c87862ec0ad25f76e2d9c2fb8b693948f48"
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 HB 1545 (2019-2020) — Concerning curing ballots to assure that votes are counted.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1545.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1545-S.htm)

## Votes

- 702 Ericksen Pg 2 Ln 28 (#7) — **23–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **41–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mead — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-08** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 167, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56bb65f0-47f8-4fd7-96f4-050754dd3bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).