WA HB 1345

enacted

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1345 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1345 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-27. Latest recorded action (2026-03-27): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA HB 1345 about?

WA HB 1345 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1345?

Low is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1345, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-27 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-16
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-06
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-06
HOUS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-10
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-19
Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-19
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-01-22
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-01-22
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-22
Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 7.
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2026-01-26
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-18
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-18
HSG - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-24
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2026-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1.
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2026-03-04
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-04
President signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-27
Governor signed.
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2026-03-27
Chapter 231, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-27
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2)
2026-01-22 · pass · 86-5
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: other
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: other
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: other
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: other
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: other
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: other
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)
2026-03-03 · pass · 33-15
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: other
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1345&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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