---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding permanently affordable housing to the definition of public improvements."
description: "Adding permanently affordable housing to the definition of public improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2061"
citation: "Washington HB 2061 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca55daa-c908-4b59-b93a-96daf63e7dbc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2061&year=2021"
source_hash: "4ec9c8191184afbef44f4a2163a3eff28e47363029636f4cd01163979b5af32e"
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 2061 (2021-2022) — Adding permanently affordable housing to the definition of public improvements.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2061.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **35–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 38, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca55daa-c908-4b59-b93a-96daf63e7dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).