---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes."
description: "Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1042"
citation: "Washington HB 1042 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23830228-6adf-41a3-b5a7-803da249545b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1042&year=2023"
source_hash: "5647ef8cb1f7e06e2f8ad269b22bb33861a18865e197eb06b3253c1043466f4d"
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 1042 (2023-2024) — Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1042.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1042-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1042-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1042-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HOUS 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 285, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23830228-6adf-41a3-b5a7-803da249545b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).