Bill Commons

WA SB 5938

enacted

Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5938 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5938 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5938 about?

WA SB 5938 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5938?

Orwall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5938, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Orwallprimary
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-23

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-14

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

  4. 2026-01-16

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

  5. 2026-01-16

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

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-19

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2026-01-28

    Placed on second reading consent calendar.

    reading-2

  8. 2026-02-04

    1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 26).

    substitution

  9. 2026-02-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2026-02-04

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

    reading-3

  11. 2026-02-06

    First reading, referred to Housing.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:30 AM.

  13. 2026-02-23

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

  14. 2026-02-23

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-02-23

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-03-02

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

    reading-2

  18. 2026-03-03

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  19. 2026-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  20. 2026-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  21. 2026-03-09

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  22. 2026-03-09

    Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  23. 2026-03-10

    President signed.

    passage

  24. 2026-03-11

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  25. 2026-03-12

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  26. 2026-03-23

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  27. 2026-03-23

    Chapter 156, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  28. 2026-03-23

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)

    2026-02-04 · 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
    • Hunt: 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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 59-35

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: other
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: no
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: no
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25)

    2026-03-09 · pass · 48-1

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: no
    • 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
    • Hunt: 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

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5938&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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