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type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring continuity of operations in the offices of county elected officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future public health crises."
description: "Ensuring continuity of operations in the offices of county elected officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future public health crises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Washington HB 1271 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7412ea9a-4868-4663-9c4e-0aeaf3e950cf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1271&year=2021"
source_hash: "d696ac264a061b9e9b5da1b0dbe30e9062557621cf7d0d4519ace2ece1c96df6"
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 1271 (2021-2022) — Ensuring continuity of operations in the offices of county elected officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future public health crises.
## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1271.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1271.E.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Orwall — primary (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 122, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-02-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-12T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-17T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 08:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7412ea9a-4868-4663-9c4e-0aeaf3e950cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).