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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning protection of the voter registration database."
description: "Concerning protection of the voter registration database."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5892"
citation: "Washington SB 5892 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-16"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ea1ab5-448b-4c3f-8ffe-69e9a073dffb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5892&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "566ba026b6c36efe2473a4f96b6c583d879e941f3716dcf53edf66e9bb6a9616"
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 5892 (2025-2026) — Concerning protection of the voter registration database.
## 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/5892.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5892.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **57–36** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `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, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 213, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** Effective date 3/25/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9ea1ab5-448b-4c3f-8ffe-69e9a073dffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).