---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the period in which the oath of office must be taken for elective offices of counties, cities, towns, and special purpose districts."
description: "Revising the period in which the oath of office must be taken for elective offices of counties, cities, towns, and special purpose districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Washington HB 1573 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parshley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6365aa53-51d5-4971-80e0-71e91bd8f3a1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1573&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "454d7502787e4e6ce285a7a5426b65a310252967e4da73c9d73501466f201ca2"
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 1573 (2025-2026) — Revising the period in which the oath of office must be taken for elective offices of counties, cities, towns, and special purpose districts.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1573.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1573.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parshley — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-04** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 307, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6365aa53-51d5-4971-80e0-71e91bd8f3a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).