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WA SB 5496

introduced

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

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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

  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    First reading, referred to Housing.

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  2. 2025-02-05

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

  3. 2025-02-12

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

  4. 2025-02-12

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

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  5. 2025-02-12

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2025-02-12

    And refer to Ways & Means.

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  7. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Ways & Means.

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  8. 2025-02-26

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 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.

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  11. 2025-02-28

    Minority; do not pass.

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  12. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  13. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. 2025-03-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  15. 2025-03-17

    Senate Rules "X" file.

  16. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  17. 2026-01-12

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  19. 2026-02-03

    WM - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Ways & Means.

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  20. 2026-02-03

    Minority; do not pass.

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  21. 2026-02-04

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  22. 2026-02-10

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  23. 2026-02-13

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  24. 2026-02-13

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  25. 2026-02-13

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  26. 2026-02-13

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  27. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to Housing.

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  28. 2026-02-23

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

  29. 2026-02-24

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

  30. 2026-02-24

    HOUS - Majority; do pass.

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  31. 2026-02-24

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  32. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  33. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  34. 2026-02-27

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  35. 2026-03-02

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  36. 2026-03-02

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

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  37. 2026-03-02

    Minority; do not pass.

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  38. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  39. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  40. 2026-03-04

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

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  41. 2026-03-12

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

Versions

Documents

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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