republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5472.md

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Bill	Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities.	Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5472	Washington SB 5472 (2017-2018)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Pearson	2	25	2	2017-01-25	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/bec05737-3f18-47cb-84d4-42572f803f3d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5472&year=2017	bc2afac5f8ddf0eae6a4fc1f387f7bc72b4032604361a09b5a847a088a4c7deb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5472 (2017-2018) — Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#31) — 52–45 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pearson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 First reading, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-17 SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-21 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-01 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-21 SEIT - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-21 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 327, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-16 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bec05737-3f18-47cb-84d4-42572f803f3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).