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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas."
+description: "Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1345"
+citation: "Washington HB 1345 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89ced67f-249e-4029-8a88-4361f02ee224"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1345&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "19af324128e5f053fbe2e545e4b398f2afb722907719f8b54f0bd1654a632a9a"
+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 1345 (2025-2026) — Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1345.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1345.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1345.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **86–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Low — primary (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Low — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-06** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-01-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-01-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 7. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-26** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-18** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27** Chapter 231, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89ced67f-249e-4029-8a88-4361f02ee224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+