ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5014
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Boehnke, Bateman, Chapman, Dozier, Hasegawa, Liias, Nobles, Riccelli, Valdez, and Wellman; by request of Secretary of State)
READ FIRST TIME 02/11/25.
AN ACT Relating to election security; amending RCW 29A.12.050 and 29A.12.180 ; adding a new section to chapter 29A.12 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that the electronic and physical security of election and voting infrastructure are of primary importance, and wishes to require new security requirements. The legislature further finds that:
(a) Requiring the use of the ".gov" top-level domain on all websites and email communication reduces opportunities for confusion and cyber threats. The ".gov" top-level domain is managed by the United States department of homeland security through the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, is limited to bona fide government agencies, and features fraud prevention controls. There is no fee charged to adopt a ".gov" top-level domain.