--- type: "Bill" title: "Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act." description: "Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act." jurisdiction: "us/states/wa" legislature: "Washington Legislature" session: "2025-2026" identifier: "HB 1750" citation: "Washington HB 1750 (2025-2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 5 action_count: 43 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-01-30" last_action: "2026-03-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07dc86ac-d958-4890-8c1e-05eaecc4255d" source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1750&Year=2025&Initiative=false" source_hash: "7d4995859437d3c3e818194b34d9713a14bbcf97adabc63d0fb0070aee281ccd" 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 1750 (2025-2026) — Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act. ## 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/1750.htm) 2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S2.E.htm) 3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S2.htm) 4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1750-S2.PL.htm) 5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S.htm) ## Votes - 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **57–37** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **30–19** (pass) · upper - Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **58–38** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Farivar — cosponsor (person) - Fosse — cosponsor (person) - Gregerson — cosponsor (person) - Macri — cosponsor (person) - Mena — cosponsor (person) - Nance — cosponsor (person) - Obras — cosponsor (person) - Ormsby — cosponsor (person) - Parshley — cosponsor (person) - Pollet — cosponsor (person) - Ramel — cosponsor (person) - Reed — cosponsor (person) - Ryu — cosponsor (person) - Scott — cosponsor (person) - Simmons — cosponsor (person) - Street — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1` - **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM. - **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM. - **2025-02-11** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution` - **2025-02-11** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-11** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-13** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee` - **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM. - **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM. - **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. - **2026-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. - **2026-01-12** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee` - **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM. - **2026-02-02** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution` - **2026-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee` - **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2` - **2026-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution` - **2026-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted. - **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3` - **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1` - **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM. - **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM. - **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. - **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2` - **2026-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments. - **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments. - **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage` - **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage` - **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2026-03-25** Chapter 215, 2026 Laws. `became-law` - **2026-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07dc86ac-d958-4890-8c1e-05eaecc4255d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).