republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1272.md

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Bill	Concerning publishing, formatting, and distribution of the state and local voters' pamphlets.	Concerning publishing, formatting, and distribution of the state and local voters' pamphlets.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1272	Washington HB 1272 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bergquist	5	36	3	2023-01-12	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/58976c81-869f-445b-850f-adcf33d93822	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1272&year=2023	fe53df273138564e58c6cf20c8f67815ec8b4a2506792d91480ac05ba4b70609	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1272 (2023-2024) — Concerning publishing, formatting, and distribution of the state and local voters' pamphlets.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 57–33 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — 85–10 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — 29–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bergquist — primary (person)
• Christian — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Volz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-01-25 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-01-31 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-01-31 SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-01-31 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2023-02-13 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2023-02-22 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-22 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-16 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-01-24 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). substitution
• 2024-01-24 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-01-24 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-24 Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 8. reading-3
• 2024-01-26 First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-20 SGE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-23 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 85; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Chapter 78, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-14 Effective date 1/1/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58976c81-869f-445b-850f-adcf33d93822. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).