---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restoring voter eligibility for all persons convicted of a felony offense who are not in total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections."
description: "Restoring voter eligibility for all persons convicted of a felony offense who are not in total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1078"
citation: "Washington HB 1078 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40539903-55af-4d0e-8195-1a4ccd0eec39"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1078&year=2021"
source_hash: "beea7f99dc339100cded34eb252bbfcc2c61ca94f22424e3c20ee5e36c1f1ddd"
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 1078 (2021-2022) — Restoring voter eligibility for all persons convicted of a felony offense who are not in total confinement under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1078.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1078-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1078-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 481 Short Pg 3 Ln 16 (#3) — **22–27** (fail) · upper
- 486 Wagoner Pg 3 Ln 16 (#4) — **22–27** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- Shall the Main Question be Put (#6) — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- 491 Padden Pg 3 Ln 16 (#5) — **22–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Held on calendar.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 10, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 1/1/2022. `became-law`
- **2021-01-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-12T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40539903-55af-4d0e-8195-1a4ccd0eec39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).