SB 5840 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Making adjustments to the schedule for reporting campaign finance expenditure activity.

SB 5840 adjusts Washington State's campaign finance reporting deadlines for political committees. It shortens the deadline for committees organizing near elections from two weeks to three business days, requires annual participation statements by January 1st, and revises monthly reporting rules for continuing committees. The bill directly affects political committees, candidates, and groups making campaign contributions or independent expenditures. Key changes include updating definitions of "participate" in elections and modifying when committees must file reports about contributions and expenditures. These adjustments aim to streamline compliance with campaign finance disclosure requirements.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 5, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2026
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What changed between versions

Bill Substitute Bill · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was updated to reflect its status as a substitute version, changing the header and sponsorship details. The substantive text of the bill, which outlines campaign finance reporting schedules and committee dissolution rules, remains identical to the original version.
TECHNICAL

The bill header was changed from 'SENATE BILL 5840' to 'SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5840' to indicate it has been amended by the Senate.

The sponsorship line was updated to list the 'Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections' committee as the sponsor, replacing the individual senator names.

The date the bill was read for the first time was updated from 01/12/26 to 01/19/26.

The title of the act was slightly modified to add the phrase 'and providing an effective date'.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

483
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 10, 2026
D Democratic31
31 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
17 Yea 3 Nay
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-3)
senate
Jan 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors