BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5405
SB 5405: Ballot names rotation
Determining candidate order on primary ballots.
Summary
- The order of candidates = names on primary ballots is no longer rotated. The county auditor determines by lot the order of all candidates for partisan and nonpartisan offices for the primary.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5405), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 21, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Don Benton (R-17)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 23, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
- Versions
- SB 5405, SSB 5405
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Don Benton (R-17)
4 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5405 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5405 (2023–24) LCB subpoena authority
- SB 5405 (2021–22) JLARC racial equity analyses
- SB 5405 (2019–20) Organ transplant nondiscrim.
- SB 5405 (2017–18) National guard facilities
- SB 5405 (2015–16) Fed. govt owning land in WA
- SB 5405 (2013–14) Extended foster care
- SB 5405 (2011–12) Ferry system efficiency