CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1357
67TH LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 7, 2022
  Yeas 98  Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 2, 2022
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1357 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1357
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2022 Regular Session
State of Washington
67th Legislature
2021 Regular Session
ByHouse State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Mosbrucker, Gregerson, Chase, and Berry)
READ FIRST TIME 02/15/21.
AN ACT Relating to voters' pamphlets for overseas and service voters; amending RCW 29A.32.260; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. The legislature finds that service and overseas voters have the right to vote for their elected officials. To effectuate this right, service and overseas voters must have access to the same ballot materials as voters present in the state with sufficient time to thoughtfully consider candidates and issues before casting a ballot. Accordingly, the legislature intends to ensure that voters' pamphlets are available to service and overseas voters at the same time as the ballot.
Sec. 2. RCW 29A.32.260 and 2011 c 10 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:
As soon as practicable before the primary, special election, or general election, the county auditor, or if applicable, the city clerk of a first-class or code city, as appropriate, shall mail the local voters' pamphlet to every residence in each jurisdiction that has included information in the pamphlet. The county auditor or city clerk, as appropriate, may choose to mail the pamphlet to each registered voter in each jurisdiction that has included information in the pamphlet, if in his or her judgment, a more economical and effective distribution of the pamphlet would result. The county auditor shall either mail or send a printable electronic version of the state and local voters' pamphlets to any service or overseas voter registered in the jurisdiction who has requested them.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2022, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
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