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WA HB 1491

enacted

Promoting transit-oriented housing development.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1491 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1491 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1491 about?

WA HB 1491 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Promoting transit-oriented housing development.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1491?

Reed is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1491, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-13 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Reedprimary
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Klobacosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Macricosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Menacosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Fitzgibboncosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Duerrcosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Richardscosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 267, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-25

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-24

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-23

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-22

    Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    passage

  8. 2025-04-22

    House concurred in Senate amendments.

  9. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-15

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  12. 2025-04-15

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  13. 2025-04-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  14. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. 2025-04-07

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-04-07

    WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-07

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  18. 2025-04-04

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  19. 2025-03-27

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-26

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  22. 2025-03-26

    HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-26

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  24. 2025-03-21

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  25. 2025-03-14

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  26. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  29. 2025-03-05

    3rd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  30. 2025-03-04

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  31. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  33. 2025-02-28

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  34. 2025-02-28

    APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  35. 2025-02-28

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  36. 2025-02-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  37. 2025-02-27

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-02-26

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  39. 2025-02-26

    CB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  40. 2025-02-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.

  41. 2025-02-25

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.

  42. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Capital Budget.

    referral-committee

  43. 2025-02-19

    Committee relieved of further consideration.

  44. 2025-02-17

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  45. 2025-02-11

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  46. 2025-02-11

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  47. 2025-02-11

    HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  48. 2025-02-11

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.

  49. 2025-01-28

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.

  50. 2025-01-21

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 58-39

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 30-18

    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: no
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: no
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: no
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: other
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14)

    2025-04-22 · pass · 57-39

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: other
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1491&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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