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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

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Did WA SB 5148 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5148 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 269, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-17

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

    passage

  8. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  9. 2025-04-14

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

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-14

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  12. 2025-04-14

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  13. 2025-04-11

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

    reading-2

  14. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-04-07

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-04-07

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  17. 2025-04-07

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-04-07

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

  19. 2025-04-05

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

  20. 2025-04-01

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  22. 2025-03-26

    HOUS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-26

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

  24. 2025-03-20

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

  25. 2025-03-13

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-11

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

    reading-3

  27. 2025-03-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-03-11

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  29. 2025-03-11

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

    substitution

  30. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  31. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  32. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  33. 2025-02-28

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

    substitution

  34. 2025-02-28

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

  35. 2025-02-18

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

  36. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-02-07

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-02-07

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

    substitution

  39. 2025-02-07

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

  40. 2025-01-24

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

  41. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  42. 2025-01-07

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

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

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

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