---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment."
description: "Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2578"
citation: "Washington HB 2578 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "LANDLORD AND TENANT", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd171f1d-f12d-4ec4-9ab7-df12ac9c4fc5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2578&year=2017"
source_hash: "8a2aa81435289eed9efd835c880828e44b6ccd2bf08c8260fc2df7dbda671808"
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 2578 (2017-2018) — Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment.

## 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/2578.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2578-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2578-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2578-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **67–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — 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 Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-01** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** FI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 66, 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/bd171f1d-f12d-4ec4-9ab7-df12ac9c4fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).