BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5794: County office vacancies

Specifying when vacancies in certain county offices may be filled.

Summary

Provides that, if a vacancy occurs in a partisan county office after the general election in a year that the position appears on the ballot and before the start of the next term, the term of the successor may commence once he or she has qualified as defined in RCW 29.01.135 and shall continue through the term for which he or she was elected.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to filling vacancies in office;

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 5794 (2025–26) Tax preferences · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 423, Laws of 2025
SB 5794 (2023–24) Architecture licensing exams · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5794 (2021–22) Behavioral health Rx drugs · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5794 (2019–20) Acupuncture & Eastern med. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5794 (2017–18) Trust water rights program · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5794 (2015–16) EBT cards/higher ed students · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5794 (2013–14) Alternative learning courses · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5794 (2011–12) Domestically brewed beer · Did not pass · died in committee