WA SB 5496

died on adjournment

Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5496 pass?

No. WA SB 5496 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

What is WA SB 5496 about?

WA SB 5496 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5496?

Alvarado is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5496, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-25
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-24
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-24
HOUS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-23
Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-13
Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-13
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-13
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-13
2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).
substitution
2026-02-10
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-04
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-03
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-03
WM - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Ways & Means.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-12
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2025-03-17
Senate Rules "X" file.
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-28
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-28
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-28
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-26
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-13
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-12
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-12
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-12
HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-12
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-05
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-27
First reading, referred to Housing.
reading-1,referral-committee

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29)
2026-02-13 · pass · 29-19
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: other
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: no
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5496&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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