---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aligning statutory redistricting deadlines to the Constitution."
description: "Aligning statutory redistricting deadlines to the Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5502"
citation: "Washington SB 5502 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["REDISTRICTING COMMISSION", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f586cfc2-4d9a-4e7e-95a6-aee9c7b7e3a8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5502&year=2019"
source_hash: "e4ded96df2fe25a25fcba1af6b529284838edf7a61aa54282d61eab581babc00"
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 5502 (2019-2020) — Aligning statutory redistricting deadlines to the Constitution.

## 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/5502.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5502-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 192, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+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/f586cfc2-4d9a-4e7e-95a6-aee9c7b7e3a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).