---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential areas."
description: "Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "Washington HB 1085 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "BUILDING CODES AND PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc107c5-debb-4177-a2d3-75f8141c61f3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1085&year=2017"
source_hash: "dab879e2adab609e159bf342e9416f8c80a2486f112169a121ce76c922a4836f"
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 1085 (2017-2018) — Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1085.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-28** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2018-03-28** Chapter 302, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-28** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc107c5-debb-4177-a2d3-75f8141c61f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).