---
type: "Bill"
title: "Simplifying condominium construction statutes."
description: "Simplifying condominium construction statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Washington HB 1403 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/473da63f-e92c-4b18-8a4f-d54042bcd5b3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1403&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4b93357a4cfe0281a4c309917b3fa1a745c46b4eb4e563219e6a2c2fd2824f2b"
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 1403 (2025-2026) — Simplifying condominium construction statutes.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1403.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1403.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1403.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-26** HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Chapter 201, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-07** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/473da63f-e92c-4b18-8a4f-d54042bcd5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).