H-1318.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1750
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hill, Gregerson, Simmons, Street, Fosse, Obras, Reed, Ormsby, Farivar, Mena, Parshley, Nance, Scott, Pollet, Macri, Ryu, and Ramel)
READ FIRST TIME 02/13/25.
AN ACT Relating to creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act; amending RCW 29A.92.005 , 29A.92.010 , 29A.92.030 , 29A.92.040 , 29A.92.050 , 29A.92.060 , 29A.92.070 , 29A.92.080 , 29A.92.090 , 29A.92.100 , 29A.92.110 , 29A.92.115 , 29A.92.120 , 29A.92.130 , and 29A.92.700 ; adding a new section to chapter 29A.92 RCW; and repealing RCW 29A.92.020 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29A.92.005 and 2019 c 64 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
The legislature finds that electoral systems that deny race, color, or language minority groups an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice or impair their ability to otherwise participate in any state of the political process are inconsistent with the right to free and equal elections as provided by Article I, section 19 and Article VI, section 1 of the Washington state Constitution as well as protections found in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. The well-established principle of "one person, one vote" and the prohibition on vote dilution have been consistently upheld in federal and state courts for more than fifty years.