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WA SB 5587

enacted

Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5587 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5587 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 5587 about?

WA SB 5587 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5587?

Cleveland is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5587, joined by 2 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

  • Clevelandprimary
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-07

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

  3. 2025-02-14

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

  4. 2025-02-14

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-14

    And refer to Ways & Means.

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  6. 2025-02-17

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-26

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

  8. 2025-02-28

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

  9. 2025-02-28

    WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2025-03-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  12. 2025-03-07

    1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 25).

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  13. 2025-03-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  14. 2025-03-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  15. 2025-03-09

    First reading, referred to Housing.

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  16. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.

  17. 2025-03-26

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

  18. 2025-03-26

    HOUS - Majority; do pass.

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  19. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  20. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  21. 2025-04-04

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

  22. 2025-04-07

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

  23. 2025-04-07

    APP - Majority; do pass.

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  24. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  25. 2025-04-10

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

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  26. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  27. 2025-04-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  28. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

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  29. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

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  30. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

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  31. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

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  32. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 390, 2025 Laws.

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  33. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)

    2025-03-07 · pass · 49-0

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

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)

    2025-04-16 · pass · 87-9

    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: no
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: no
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: no
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: no
    • 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: no
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: no
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: no
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: no
    • 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: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: no
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5587&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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