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
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Officially: “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...” Read the full text
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2025 session
Where it is
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Prefiled for introduction. · Jan 9, 2025
First reading, referred to Housing. · Jan 13, 2025
HOUS - Executive action taken by committee. · Jan 20, 2025
HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Jan 20, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Jan 20, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Jan 20, 2025
HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Jan 20, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Jan 20, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Jan 20, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Jan 24, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Jan 24, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 10, 2025
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Feb 10, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 10, 2025
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Feb 10, 2025
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 10, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Feb 10, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 13, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 13, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 13, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Mar 5, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Mar 5, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Mar 5, 2025
1st substitute bill not substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
2nd substitute bill not substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
Floor amendment(s) adopted. · Mar 10, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Mar 10, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 3. · Mar 10, 2025
1st substitute bill not substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
1st substitute bill not substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
First reading, referred to Housing. · Mar 12, 2025
HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). · Mar 26, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Mar 26, 2025
And refer to Ways & Means. · Mar 26, 2025
Referred to Ways & Means. · Mar 27, 2025
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). · Apr 7, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Apr 7, 2025
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. · Apr 8, 2025
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. · Apr 9, 2025
Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended. · Apr 10, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Apr 10, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. · Apr 10, 2025
House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. · Apr 23, 2025
Conference Requested. · Apr 23, 2025
Conference committee appointed. Representatives Peterson, Macri, Low. · Apr 23, 2025
Conference committee request granted. · Apr 24, 2025
Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner. · Apr 24, 2025
Conference committee report; received 7:20 PM 4/24/2025. · Apr 24, 2025
Conference committee report; received 7:31 PM 4/24/2025. · Apr 24, 2025
Conference committee report adopted. · Apr 25, 2025
Bill as amended violated Senate Rule 25. · Apr 25, 2025
Vote on adoption of conference committee report reconsidered. · Apr 25, 2025
Conference Requested. · Apr 25, 2025
Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner. · Apr 25, 2025
Conference committee request granted. · Apr 25, 2025
Conference committee appointed. Representatives Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Low. · Apr 25, 2025
Conference committee report; received 9:10 AM 4/26/2025. · Apr 26, 2025
Conference committee report; received 9:11 AM 4/26/2025. · Apr 26, 2025
Conference committee report adopted. · Apr 27, 2025
Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. · Apr 27, 2025
Conference committee report adopted. · Apr 27, 2025
Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0. · Apr 27, 2025
Speaker signed. · Apr 27, 2025
President signed. · Apr 27, 2025
Delivered to Governor. · Apr 27, 2025
Governor signed. · May 7, 2025
Chapter 209, 2025 Laws. · May 7, 2025
Effective date 5/7/2025. · May 7, 2025
The numbers
140
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Emily AlvaradoEmily AlvaradoEmily AlvaradoEmily AlvaradoNicole MacriNicole MacriNicole MacriNicole MacriAlex RamelAlex RamelAlex RamelAlex RamelStrom PetersonStrom PetersonStrom PetersonStrom PetersonLiz BerryLiz BerryLiz BerryLiz BerrySharlett MenaSharlett MenaSharlett MenaSharlett MenaMy-Linh ThaiMy-Linh ThaiMy-Linh ThaiMy-Linh ThaiJulia ReedJulia ReedJulia ReedJulia ReedEdwin ObrasEdwin ObrasEdwin ObrasEdwin ObrasDarya FarivarDarya FarivarDarya FarivarDarya Farivar
Recorded votes
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference CommitteeSenate · 2025-04-27 · Yea 27, Nay 20, Absent 0, Excused 1
Motion to Immediately Transmit to SenateHouse · 2025-04-27 · Yea 59, Nay 39, Absent 0, Excused 0
Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference CommitteeHouse · 2025-04-27 · Yea 54, Nay 44, Absent 0, Excused 0
Adoption as Recommended by the Conference CommitteeHouse · 2025-04-27 · Yea 55, Nay 42, Absent 0, Excused 1
Grant ConferenceHouse · 2025-04-25 · Yea 58, Nay 40, Absent 0, Excused 0
Concur in Senate Amendment(s)House · 2025-04-23 · Yea 48, Nay 50, Absent 0, Excused 0
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the SenateSenate · 2025-04-10 · Yea 29, Nay 20, Absent 0, Excused 0
353 Cleveland Pg 21 Ln 8Senate · 2025-04-10 · Yea 23, Nay 26, Absent 0, Excused 0
312 Liias Pg 4 Ln 6Senate · 2025-04-10 · Yea 25, Nay 24, Absent 0, Excused 0
345 Shewmake Pg 1 Ln 13Senate · 2025-04-10 · Yea 25, Nay 24, Absent 0, Excused 0
3rd Reading & Final PassageHouse · 2025-03-10 · Yea 53, Nay 42, Absent 0, Excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Washington legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESSvia Katie Jolma
1 filingHousing Solutions Coalition via Dewey Square Group
1 filingNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEvia Janice Deguchi
1 filingFrom 3 filings in Washington State lobbying disclosures (PDC), via data.wa.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective date 5/7/2025. (May 7, 2025).