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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act."
description: "Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1750"
citation: "Washington HB 1750 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07dc86ac-d958-4890-8c1e-05eaecc4255d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1750&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7d4995859437d3c3e818194b34d9713a14bbcf97adabc63d0fb0070aee281ccd"
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 1750 (2025-2026) — Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act.
## 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/1750.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1750-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1750-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **57–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30** 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`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** APP - Majority; 2nd 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** 2nd 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, 37; absent, 0; excused, 4. `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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** 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, 58; nays, 38; 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 215, 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/07dc86ac-d958-4890-8c1e-05eaecc4255d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).