---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies."
description: "Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5077"
citation: "Washington SB 5077 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7185b1d-f784-4dbb-8f56-e62803b347a6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5077&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "62d509445b93c2ff67d744aec8e5f8c4c7674161c9a1c5c37430efea80cf56e6"
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 5077 (2025-2026) — Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5077.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5077.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valdez — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-24** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:15 AM.
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 330, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7185b1d-f784-4dbb-8f56-e62803b347a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).