---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding development of permanently affordable housing to the allowable uses of community revitalization financing, the local infrastructure financing tool, and local revitalization financing."
description: "Adding development of permanently affordable housing to the allowable uses of community revitalization financing, the local infrastructure financing tool, and local revitalization financing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2497"
citation: "Washington HB 2497 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/042cf907-2f01-4244-acdc-65d8d6d25cbc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2497&year=2019"
source_hash: "e875d877873811b0e984c1750583fad7fa1bcfc751cd904fdd42cfc4627c137d"
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 2497 (2019-2020) — Adding development of permanently affordable housing to the allowable uses of community revitalization financing, the local infrastructure financing tool, and local revitalization financing.

## 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/2497.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#51) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **55–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** FIN - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HSA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 280, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/042cf907-2f01-4244-acdc-65d8d6d25cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).