---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018."
description: "Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1710"
citation: "Washington HB 1710 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb9ccc22-9fda-48d6-b2ad-6568b5642427"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1710&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6ba39d233edd5cfc618f3593a9ad23eb8155c05ff69facce4b46b84c1cc544da"
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 1710 (2025-2026) — Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1710.htm)
2. **Engrossed Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1710-S3.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1710-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1710-S.htm)
5. **Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1710-S3.htm)
6. **Third Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1710-S3.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **57–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mena — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 3rd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 211, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb9ccc22-9fda-48d6-b2ad-6568b5642427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).