---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state."
description: "Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1474"
citation: "Washington HB 1474 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8718fb5-8fbe-452b-aeed-7b7ed8a09265"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1474&year=2023"
source_hash: "02f5cc499df50fcb1c6b59e7988e6dc7259e5478e121c638fc815b761666dbec"
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 1474 (2023-2024) — Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state.

## 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/1474.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1474-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1474-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1474-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-09** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** 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`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08** Chapter 340, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-08** 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/c8718fb5-8fbe-452b-aeed-7b7ed8a09265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).