---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning fraudulent portrayal of ballot drop boxes."
description: "Concerning fraudulent portrayal of ballot drop boxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5015"
citation: "Washington SB 5015 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "ELECTIONS", "SENTENCES AND SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb8050b-54be-4e94-a273-81a114ebea33"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5015&year=2021"
source_hash: "9a870c47c528a87eed3a1836ef8311372d2075e4d452ee09be3961e7f782fb97"
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 5015 (2021-2022) — Concerning fraudulent portrayal of ballot drop boxes.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5015.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 85, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-15T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-01-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+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/ccb8050b-54be-4e94-a273-81a114ebea33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).