---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state reimbursement of election costs."
description: "Concerning state reimbursement of election costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2421"
citation: "Washington HB 2421 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8d19d93-dabc-42d7-9530-8dc0443cd555"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2421&year=2019"
source_hash: "3acb5ff3e21833649c24e1fd17bcc28852e0e887796c40a84dd1260f1fc46155"
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 2421 (2019-2020) — Concerning state reimbursement of election costs.

## 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/2421.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2421-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2421-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **42–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **80–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Senate insists on its position and asks House to concur.
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 337, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 7/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8d19d93-dabc-42d7-9530-8dc0443cd555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).