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WA SB 5148

enacted

Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5148 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5148 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-13. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5148 about?

WA SB 5148 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5148?

Bateman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5148, joined by 3 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

  • Batemanprimary
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-07

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-24

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

  4. 2025-02-07

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

  5. 2025-02-07

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

    substitution

  6. 2025-02-07

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-18

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  9. 2025-02-28

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

  10. 2025-02-28

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

    substitution

  11. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  13. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  14. 2025-03-11

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

    substitution

  15. 2025-03-11

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  16. 2025-03-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-03-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-13

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-03-20

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.

  20. 2025-03-26

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

  21. 2025-03-26

    HOUS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2025-04-01

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-04-05

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

  25. 2025-04-07

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2025-04-07

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-04-07

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  28. 2025-04-07

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  29. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-04-11

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

    reading-2

  31. 2025-04-14

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  32. 2025-04-14

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  33. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  34. 2025-04-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  35. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  36. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  37. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  38. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  39. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  40. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  41. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 269, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  42. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25)

    2025-03-11 · pass · 46-2

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 78-19

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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 48-1

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5148&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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