---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing prepaid postage for all election ballots."
description: "Providing prepaid postage for all election ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5063"
citation: "Washington SB 5063 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-31"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5101adc-28fa-4e57-97a7-67c1faf19e86"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5063&year=2019"
source_hash: "12f25a6bda3155fc5e3b9105cdc6f63e3ec1253ae495d72da7b3339e665d24d3"
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 5063 (2019-2020) — Providing prepaid postage for all election ballots.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5063.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5063-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#41) — **83–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by State Government & Tribal Relations.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Held on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 161, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5101adc-28fa-4e57-97a7-67c1faf19e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).