---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists."
description: "Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1916"
citation: "Washington HB 1916 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5965f95-826f-4891-adee-d5d60f3a12d6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1916&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d4cf31bd283f99a940f05d840a0979993525f70a16f3ae9658de5b4f1614c4bf"
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 1916 (2025-2026) — Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists.

## 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/1916.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1916-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1916-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1916-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **58–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGOV 25). `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 8:30 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.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** 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 212, 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/f5965f95-826f-4891-adee-d5d60f3a12d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).