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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2106: Primaries for county offices

Concerning primaries for county offices.

Summary

Provides that no primary may be held for any single county partisan office to fill an unexpired term if, after the last day allowed for candidates to withdraw, only one candidate has filed for the position.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2106), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Enacted Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2014

IntroducedJan 13, 2014
Out of committeeJan 23, 2014
Passed HouseJan 27, 2014
Passed SenateMar 4, 2014
GovernorMar 12, 2014
LawMar 12, 2014

Prime sponsor: Senator (R-12)
Introduced: January 13, 2014 in the House
Last action: March 12, 2014
Session law: Chapter 7, Laws of 2014

AN ACT Relating to holding a primary for county offices;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (R-12)

9 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Steve Bergquist D-11 Cary Condotta R-12 Joe Fitzgibbon D-34 Matt Manweller R-13 Gerry Pollet D-46 Senator D-22 Sharon Wylie D-49 Larry Haler R-8 Sherry Appleton D-23

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed January 27, 2014

Version voted on: HB 2106

86 Yea 10 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	53	0	0	2
Republican	33	10	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (86)

Nay (10)

Excused (2)

Christopher Hurst D-31
Eric Pettigrew D-37

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Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed March 4, 2014

Version voted on: HB 2106

48 Yea 1 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	24	1	0	0
Republican	24	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (48)

Nay (1)

Bob Hasegawa D-11

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History

Mar 12, 2014Effective date 6/12/2014.
Mar 12, 2014Chapter 7, 2014 Laws.
Mar 12, 2014Governor signed.
Mar 6, 2014Delivered to Governor.
Mar 5, 2014President signed.
Mar 5, 2014Speaker signed.
Mar 4, 2014Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Mar 4, 2014Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Mar 3, 2014Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 28, 2014Minority; without recommendation.
Feb 28, 2014GOV - Majority; do pass.
Feb 28, 2014Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 28, 2014First reading, referred to Governmental Operations.
Jan 27, 2014Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2.
Jan 27, 2014Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Jan 24, 2014Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 23, 2014Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Jan 21, 2014Minority; do not pass.
Jan 21, 2014GOE - Majority; do pass.
Jan 21, 2014GOE - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 13, 2014First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Dec 3, 2013Prefiled for introduction.

HB 2106 in other sessions

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

HB 2106 (2025–26) Health carrier modif. notice · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2023–24) Library district annexation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2021–22) Riparian stock watering · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2019–20) Property tax res. value cap · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2017–18) Legislators/election year · Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2017
HB 2106 (2015–16) Autonomous vehicle testing · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2011–12) Plug-in vehicles · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2106 (2009–10) Child welfare system · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 520, Laws of 2009

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