---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the presidential primary."
description: "Concerning the presidential primary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5273"
citation: "Washington SB 5273 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5c178b-a327-4b23-b536-37a4e4a4ba24"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5273&year=2019"
source_hash: "fee9a552a805328822819ff18e96262c4bbf115085ba0b674a41cd5ccf9363c5"
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 5273 (2019-2020) — Concerning the presidential primary.

## 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/5273.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5273.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5273-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#38) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- 5 Zeiger Pg 2 Ln 31 (#5) — **18–29** (fail) · upper
- 58 MacEwen Striker (#37) — **40–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — 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`
- **2019-01-23** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-01-30** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2019-01-30** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-01-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-01-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-21** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Chapter 7, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-03-14** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-01-30** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2019-01-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **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
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/2f5c178b-a327-4b23-b536-37a4e4a4ba24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).