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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties."
+description: "Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5662"
+citation: "Washington SB 5662 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228b2123-f451-4b4e-83a1-1c7612635de9"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5662&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "11e54f63a11e0875a66030873f81e8dc3c7243465f2369551e0ff95030629986"
+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 SB 5662 (2025-2026) — Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties.
+
+## 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/Senate%20Bills/5662.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5662.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5662.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **39–9** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Riccelli — primary (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-03-26** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19** Chapter 351, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-19** 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/228b2123-f451-4b4e-83a1-1c7612635de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+