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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

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5587 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5587 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 390, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-20

    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. 2025-04-16

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

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-10

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

    reading-2

  10. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-04-07

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-07

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

  13. 2025-04-04

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

  14. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-03-26

    HOUS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-03-26

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

  18. 2025-03-18

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

  19. 2025-03-09

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-07

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

    reading-3

  21. 2025-03-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  22. 2025-03-07

    1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 25).

    substitution

  23. 2025-03-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  24. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  25. 2025-02-28

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-02-28

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

  27. 2025-02-26

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

  28. 2025-02-17

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-02-14

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-02-14

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

    substitution

  31. 2025-02-14

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

  32. 2025-02-07

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

  33. 2025-01-30

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

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

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

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