---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning requests for records containing election information."
description: "Concerning requests for records containing election information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5459"
citation: "Washington SB 5459 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff48bf68-ff38-4c6d-af16-a1a616d654de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5459&year=2023"
source_hash: "9ac1ae384db08b59d48d7f9af215076862751637078bb0f259d30a08cd1d1460"
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 5459 (2023-2024) — Concerning requests for records containing election information.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5459.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5459.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **58–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-07** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 404, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff48bf68-ff38-4c6d-af16-a1a616d654de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).