WA HB 1696

enacted

Modifying the covenant homeownership program.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1696 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1696 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1696 about?

WA HB 1696 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying the covenant homeownership program.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1696?

Taylor is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1696, joined by 41 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-22 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-22
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
2025-04-22
Chapter 143, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-22
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-17
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-16
President signed.
passage
2025-04-15
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-14
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-09
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-08
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-07
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-07
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-07
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-27
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-26
HSG - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-10
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-06
2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).
substitution
2025-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-27
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-21
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-02-18
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-18
HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-10
Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-29
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee

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Votes

192 Griffey Pg 3 Ln 4 (#14)
2025-03-06 · fail · 45-51
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: other
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
173 Couture Pg 7 Ln 18 (#15)
2025-03-06 · fail · 42-54
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: other
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: no
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)
2025-03-06 · 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: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: other
- 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 (#18)
2025-04-14 · pass · 30-19
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: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- 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

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1696&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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