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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increasing the reimbursement cap for moving and relocation expenses incurred by persons affected by agency displacements."
+description: "Increasing the reimbursement cap for moving and relocation expenses incurred by persons affected by agency displacements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1733"
+citation: "Washington HB 1733 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdef588-9e3a-44ea-af1e-e90e78a862cc"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1733&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "f0d6c20f587e69318fcd7bad50f20496a8dc224d658682c18ccc9b4735cf8045"
+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 1733 (2025-2026) — Increasing the reimbursement cap for moving and relocation expenses incurred by persons affected by agency displacements.
+
+## 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/1733.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1733-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1733-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas — primary (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-14** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** TR - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-27** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-26** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 297, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bdef588-9e3a-44ea-af1e-e90e78a862cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+