List of Washington state legislatures explained

The legislature of the U.S. state of Washington has convened many times since statehood became effective on November 11, 1889.

Legislatures

!Number!Start date!End date!Last election

	1889	1890
	1891^[1]	1891
	1893^[2]	1893
	1895	1895
	1897	1897
	1899^[3]	1899
	1901	1901
	1903	1903
	1905	1905
	1907	1907
	1909	1909
	1911	1911
	1913	1913
	1915	1915
	1917	1917
	1919	1920
	1921	1921
	1923	1923
	1925	1925
	1927	1927
	1929	1929
	1931	1931
	1933	1933
	1935	1935
	1937	1937
	1939	1939
	1941	1941
	1943	1944
	1945	1945
	1947	1947
	1949	1950
	1951	1951
	1953	1953
	1955	1955
	1957	1957
	1959	1959
	1961	1961
	1963	1963
	1965	1965
	1967	1967
	1969	1970
	1971	1972
	1973	1974
	1975	1976
	1977	1977
	1979	1980
	1981	1982
	1983	1984
	1985	1986
	1987	1988
	1989	1990
	1991	1992
	1993	1994
	1995	1996
	1997	1998
	1999	2000
	2001	2002
	2003	2004
	2005	2006	November 2004: Senate
	2007	2008	November 2006: House, Senate
	2009	2010	November 2008: House, Senate
	2011	2012	November 2, 2010: House, Senate
	2013	2014	November 6, 2012: House, Senate
	2015	2016	November 4, 2014: House, Senate
	2017	2018	November 8, 2016: House, Senate
	2019	2020	November 6, 2018: House, Senate
	2021^[4]	2022	November 3, 2020: House, Senate
68th	2023-01-09		November 8, 2022:^[5] House, Senate
69th			November 5, 2024: House, Senate

See also

• Washington legislative districts
• List of governors of Washington
• Constitution of Washington
• Politics of Washington (state)
• Elections in Washington (state)
• Washington State Capitol
• Timeline of Washington (state) history
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

Further reading

• Web site: Don Brazier . History of the Washington Legislature, 1854-1963 . Washington State Senate . 2000 .

External links

• Washington State Legislature.
  • Historical Data, Stats, and Publications
  • Oral History
• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Washington State Legislature
• Web site: Washington Resources: Statutes & Legislation . . Research Guides: U.S. States .
• Web site: Guide to Law Online: U.S. Washington: Legislative . . Washington DC . guides.loc.gov .

Notes and References

1. Book: Barton's legislative hand-book and manual of the state of Washington, 1891-1892 . C.M. Barton . 1891 . .
2. Book: Barton's legislative hand-book and manual of the state of Washington, 1893-1894 . C.M. Barton . 1893 . HathiTrust .
3. Book: Legislative manual and political directory, state of Washington 1899 . Central News Company . Tacoma, Washington . 1899 . HathiTrust .
4. Book: 2021-2022 Legislative Manual: State of Washington Sixty-seventh Legislature . .
5. Web site: Washington State Legislature . . 2024-07-30 .