A year ago, a bill was introduced in the Washington legislature to move the presidential primary from May to the 2nd Tuesday in March. On January 12, 2018, the House State Government, Elections & Information Technology held a hearing on the bill. The committee will do some more work on the bill on January 16, Tuesday, starting at 8 a.m. This suggests the committee is likely to pass the bill. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news. Here is the analysis of the bill.