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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5192

SB 5192: Same day voter registration

Enacting same day voter registration.

Summary

  • Authorizes voter registration by mail or electronically up to eight days before an election.
  • Authorizes in-person voter registration up to 5:00 p.m. the day of the election.
  • Directs county auditors to accept in-person registration at several sites.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5192), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2017
  2. Out of committeeFeb 9, 2017
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Patty Kuderer (D-48)
Introduced
January 16, 2017 in the Senate
Last action
January 8, 2018
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5192, SSB 5192

AN ACT Relating to enacting same day voter registration;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Patty Kuderer (D-48)

8 co-sponsors (8 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Andy Billig D-3Annette Cleveland D-49Guy Palumbo D-1Senator D-22Jeannie Darneille D-27Karen Keiser D-33Senator D-36Bob Hasegawa D-11

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5192)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5192)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5192)
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5192)
  8. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  9. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5192)
  10. Senate Rules "X" file.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5192)
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  13. SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5192)
  14. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5192)
  15. Minority; without recommendation.
  16. SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  17. First reading, referred to State Government.

SB 5192 in other sessions

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

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