BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 6345: Elections

Establishing instant runoff voting.

Summary

Finds that it is in the public interest to adopt a voting system in which all successful candidates must win by a majority vote rather than a plurality of effective votes and that allows voters to vote secondary and other preferences in case their favorite candidate is not elected. Finds that a system known as instant runoff voting achieves that purpose.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the process for election to local nonpartisan offices;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6345 (2025–26) Transportation contracting · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6345 (2019–20) Water infrastructure program · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6345 (2017–18) Hydraulic fracturing · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6345 (2015–16) Fruit & vegetable inspection · Enacted · Chapter 229, Laws of 2016
SB 6345 (2013–14) Chemical dependency · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6345 (2011–12) Restructuring state govt · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6345 (2009–10) Wireless communications · Enacted · Chapter 223, Laws of 2010
SB 6345 (2007–08) PUD alternative bids · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor