BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5382

SB 5382: Ballot measure petitions

Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers.

Summary

Requires signature gatherers circulating initiative and referendum petitions to sign declarations, and provides lines on the petition to do so.
Requires the secretary of state to verify residential addresses when verifying petition signatures.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5382), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers;

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

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5382)
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 19, 2025Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5382)
Feb 19, 2025Referred to Ways & Means.
Feb 18, 2025SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5382)
Feb 18, 2025And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5382)
Feb 18, 2025Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5382)
Feb 18, 2025Minority; do not pass.
Feb 18, 2025And refer to Ways & Means.
Feb 18, 2025SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 21, 2025First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

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

SB 5382 (2023–24) Fish and wildlife officers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5382 (2021–22) Election security testing · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5382 (2019–20) Tiny houses as ADUs · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5382 (2017–18) Reduced cost identicards · Enacted · Chapter 122, Laws of 2017
SB 5382 (2015–16) Aluminum smelter tax prefs · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5382 (2013–14) Start-up firms tax relief · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5382 (2011–12) B&O deduction/mental health · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5382 (2009–10) Mouse and rat traps · Did not pass · died in committee