---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning timely elections for governing body members in jurisdictions modifying districting plans under the Washington voting rights act."
description: "Concerning timely elections for governing body members in jurisdictions modifying districting plans under the Washington voting rights act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5266"
citation: "Washington SB 5266 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "FIRE PROTECTION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ELECTIONS", "SPECIAL AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS", "PORT DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30b3cfff-1047-45be-8735-06e1dd4b46a2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5266&year=2019"
source_hash: "74e1eeaeb699c6f9cf41e1f7a0094fb9219f3b0aad65c54c293b66d8842dead3"
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 5266 (2019-2020) — Concerning timely elections for governing body members in jurisdictions modifying districting plans under the Washington voting rights act.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5266.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5266-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **27–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **60–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-01** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 454, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 5/21/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-11T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30b3cfff-1047-45be-8735-06e1dd4b46a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).