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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit."
+description: "Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1695"
+citation: "Washington HB 1695 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-31"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5ec282-2bcd-4bc8-bd0f-a36142f89628"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1695&year=2023"
+source_hash: "0b76f92aa909360e2971f052613eb25dee3964733167e626bf3032cb2c443564"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1695 (2023-2024) — Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1695.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1695.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-22** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Chapter 301, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b5ec282-2bcd-4bc8-bd0f-a36142f89628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+