---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning election security."
description: "Concerning election security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5014"
citation: "Washington SB 5014 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d21a823-7702-4e79-b730-97f233a42356"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5014&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "48bb4e673bd87d508a07e367badd0f37b54f534872a97cb1854e78da52794d1c"
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 5014 (2025-2026) — Concerning election security.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5014.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5014-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5014-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5014-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-04-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 329, 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/5d21a823-7702-4e79-b730-97f233a42356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).