---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning access to homeless housing and assistance."
description: "Concerning access to homeless housing and assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1570"
citation: "Washington HB 1570 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "STUDIES", "LANDLORD AND TENANT", "AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "NAMED ACTS", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d68e389-6611-406e-913b-37c85bfb906d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1570&year=2017"
source_hash: "b37011d5fc3cd377539b3298c45e9dbd25e57b914861f8e2bc161b15dec00608"
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 1570 (2017-2018) — Concerning access to homeless housing and assistance.

## 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/1570.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1570-S2.E.htm)
3. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1570-S.E.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1570-S2.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1570-S.htm)

## Votes

- 739 Barkis Pg 2 Ln 24 (#25) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- 737 Barkis Pg 2 Ln 25 (#26) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- 745 Walsh Pg 11 Ln 7 (#27) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage (#24) — **50–44** (pass) · lower
- 765 Zeiger Pg 2 Ln 13 (#30) — **23–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- 601 Walsh, J. Pg 10 Ln 12 (#23) — **43–51** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-23** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-05-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-23** Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-05-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-05-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-05-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-07-20** Returned to House Rules 3.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-01-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** HSC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Human Services & Corrections.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-03** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 85, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** 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/9d68e389-6611-406e-913b-37c85bfb906d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).