---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning calendar election dates on ballot envelopes."
description: "Concerning calendar election dates on ballot envelopes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Washington HB 1520 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/721f4705-43f3-40c8-8a8c-9381ab66e910"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1520&year=2019"
source_hash: "04fc6b5ec296eff0a2daf2f100dca2ef3fbd597dd61f496e10676fb89086ed1a"
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 1520 (2019-2020) — Concerning calendar election dates on ballot envelopes.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1520.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1520-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1520-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2020-01-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-01-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 12, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-11T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/721f4705-43f3-40c8-8a8c-9381ab66e910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).