---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities."
description: "Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5472"
citation: "Washington SB 5472 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec05737-3f18-47cb-84d4-42572f803f3d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5472&year=2017"
source_hash: "bc2afac5f8ddf0eae6a4fc1f387f7bc72b4032604361a09b5a847a088a4c7deb"
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 5472 (2017-2018) — Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5472.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5472-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#31) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-17** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 327, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bec05737-3f18-47cb-84d4-42572f803f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).