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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5993: Voter education

Concerning voter education.

Summary

  • Requires a voting jurisdiction to provide public notice and create a public education campaign whenever a voting jurisdiction changes its method of candidate selection from the methods described in state law.
  • Establishes a cause of action to allow a voter to enforce the public education campaign requirements.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5993), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2024
  2. Out of committeeJan 31, 2024
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Bob Hasegawa (D-11)
Introduced
January 8, 2024 in the Senate
Last action
February 15, 2024
Requested by
State agency
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to requiring voter education within jurisdictions engaged in changing the method of selecting candidates during a primary or removing a primary as the result of employing a single event election process in a general election including a new cause of action, and reversion of the candidate selection processes when necessary;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bob Hasegawa (D-11)

8 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Manka Dhingra D-45Karen Keiser D-33Patty Kuderer D-48Liz Lovelett D-40T'wina Nobles D-28Rebecca Saldaña D-37Claire Wilson D-30Jeff Wilson R-19

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. SGE - Majority; do pass.
  6. First reading, referred to State Government & Elections.
  7. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5993 in other sessions

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