Committee
Washington House Housing Committee
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committee members
Andrew Barkis (R)
April Connors (R)
Jeremie Dufault (R)
Andrew Engell (R)
Debra Entenman (D)
Mia Gregerson (D)
Vice Chair
Natasha Hill (D)
Assistant Ranking Member
Cyndy Jacobsen (R)
Debra Lekanoff (D)
Ranking Member
Sam Low (R)
Assistant Ranking Member
Deb Manjarrez (R)
Chair
Strom Peterson (D)
Julia Reed (D)
Vice Chair
Adison Richards (D)
Brianna Thomas (D)
Joe Timmons (D)
Janice Zahn (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1003 | Addressing service of notice by mail in cases involving forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1010 | Authorizing accessory dwelling units in rural areas. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1022 | Creating a homes for heroes program. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1075 | Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1088 | Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1089 | Concerning eviction reform and tenant safety. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1096 | Increasing housing options through lot splitting. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1099 | Creating a tenant assistance program. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1108 | Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. | Vetoed | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1191 | Concerning removing vehicle titles from manufactured homes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1195 | Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1204 | Concerning senior shared housing in manufactured home communities. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1217 | Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1235 | Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1342 | Removing the personal delivery requirement for unlawful detainer notices. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB1345 | Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB1358 | Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1365 | Providing rental assistance to manufactured/mobile home park tenants. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1380 | Allowing objectively reasonable regulation of the utilization of public property. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1443 | Concerning mobile dwellings. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| HB1491 | Promoting transit-oriented housing development. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/21/2025 |
| HB1500 | Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1501 | Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1542 | Concerning senior independent housing. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| HB1687 | Concerning social housing public development authorities. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1696 | Modifying the covenant homeownership program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1708 | Helping local governments provide information about the impacts of homelessness. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1732 | Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1757 | Modifying regulations for existing buildings used for residential purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1768 | Preserving manufactured housing communities by limiting purchases by certain entities. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1800 | Establishing accountability requirements for homeless housing grant programs. | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1808 | Creating an affordable homeownership revolving loan fund program. | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1840 | Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1852 | Prohibiting local governments from transferring real property to nongovernment entities without fair consideration. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1859 | Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| HB1899 | Concerning the homelessness point-in-time count. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| HB1915 | Strengthening tenant protections. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| HB1927 | Facilitating positive rent payment information to consumer reporting agencies at tenant request. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| HB1974 | Establishing land banking authorities. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| HB2022 | Concerning reforms of landlord-tenant laws. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| SB5148 | Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/13/2025 |
| SB5156 | Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings. | Crossed Over | 02/24/2025 |
| SB5221 | Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| SB5298 | Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/08/2025 |
| SB5313 | Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| SB5469 | Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market. | Crossed Over | 03/14/2025 |
| SB5471 | Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| SB5587 | Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/09/2025 |
| SB5613 | Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development. | Crossed Over | 03/13/2025 |
| SB5662 | Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/07/2025 |
| SB5686 | Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/09/2025 |