---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning affordable housing development on religious organization property."
description: "Concerning affordable housing development on religious organization property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Washington HB 1377 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT", "RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6341c328-be98-439a-9d36-ee09cba6f840"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1377&year=2019"
source_hash: "40f9fb3682ddc4940c82871a9795888be28e2fc30f95b3dc85dedab2b2399c65"
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 1377 (2019-2020) — Concerning affordable housing development on religious organization property.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#21) — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** HSA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 85; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 218, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6341c328-be98-439a-9d36-ee09cba6f840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).