---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development."
description: "Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2538"
citation: "Washington HB 2538 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "IMPACT FEES", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "LOW-INCOME PERSONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd9b7b0-6158-43e3-8b71-616736f6e239"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2538&year=2017"
source_hash: "a3b21f135651cc79d1a08c15fe7576f87ce873af49b1e29cfb5e460ce155e49c"
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 2538 (2017-2018) — Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.

## 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/2538.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2538-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#53) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McBride — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-24** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 133, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** Effective date 4/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bd9b7b0-6158-43e3-8b71-616736f6e239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).