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WA SB 5471

enacted

Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5471 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5471 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5471 about?

WA SB 5471 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5471?

Goehner is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5471, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Goehnerprimary
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Goehnercosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    First reading, referred to Housing.

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  2. 2025-01-31

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

  3. 2025-02-07

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

  4. 2025-02-07

    HSG - Majority; do pass.

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  5. 2025-02-10

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  6. 2025-02-12

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  7. 2025-02-19

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  8. 2025-02-19

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  9. 2025-02-19

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  10. 2025-02-24

    First reading, referred to Housing.

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  11. 2025-03-17

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.

  12. 2025-03-24

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

  13. 2025-03-24

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

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  14. 2025-03-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  15. 2025-03-27

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  16. 2025-04-11

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

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  17. 2025-04-12

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  18. 2025-04-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  19. 2025-04-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 4.

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  20. 2025-04-21

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  21. 2025-04-21

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

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  22. 2025-04-22

    President signed.

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  23. 2025-04-23

    Speaker signed.

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  24. 2025-04-24

    Delivered to Governor.

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  25. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

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  26. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 386, 2025 Laws.

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  27. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2025-02-19 · pass · 48-0

    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: other
    • 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: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5)

    2025-04-12 · pass · 90-4

    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: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • 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: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • 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: other
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • 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 (#10)

    2025-04-21 · pass · 48-0

    Member-level votes (48)
    • 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
    • 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: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5471&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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