---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning deadlines for receipt of voter registrations by election officials."
description: "Concerning deadlines for receipt of voter registrations by election officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5227"
citation: "Washington SB 5227 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5954d71-d20d-4758-b4b7-7403a82184e2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5227&year=2019"
source_hash: "199b61e6362ba75ff8f4dc67b5e8e153b35f0d5b99c7117f478720a6cd432f5c"
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 5227 (2019-2020) — Concerning deadlines for receipt of voter registrations by election officials.

## 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/5227.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 391, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/b5954d71-d20d-4758-b4b7-7403a82184e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).