---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning county clerks duties related to recall petitions."
description: "Concerning county clerks duties related to recall petitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5131"
citation: "Washington SB 5131 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e60523-8469-43a8-9315-d02e6aa0c5a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5131&year=2021"
source_hash: "f2a239ad63ffcb9316b2aef4d9ffee2da00bc4bc0df48fac0574f444b16da00d"
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 5131 (2021-2022) — Concerning county clerks duties related to recall petitions.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5131.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 92, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-22T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-02-05T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-15T17:30:00+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/b7e60523-8469-43a8-9315-d02e6aa0c5a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).