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type: "Bill"
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title: "Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes."
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description: "Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 5082"
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citation: "Washington SB 5082 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-12-21"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc9fd341-6746-42dc-b0db-b7c2d26d9e31"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5082&year=2023"
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source_hash: "73c7baca2d0194050c1c80201cba0daff33d1ecbe98bc82b07444ac95ef3825c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5082 (2023-2024) — Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5082.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5082-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5082-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5082-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 15 Wilson, J. Pg 6 Ln 39 (#17) — **20–28** (fail) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kuderer — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-01-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-01-13** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-01-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-01-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-01-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
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- **2023-01-23** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
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- **2023-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-21** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-07** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
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- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-20** Chapter 109, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc9fd341-6746-42dc-b0db-b7c2d26d9e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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