---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units."
description: "Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Washington HB 1516 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e509b19b-b12e-410e-bdc4-fa2f4ac76584"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1516&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d6f8a9dc1fe5699485ebe85d6556b7bc4682f25ca3d4fb4bfe9fd2d61fdc15d3"
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 1516 (2025-2026) — Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units.

## 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/1516.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1516-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1516-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1516-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **41–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-19** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** 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** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** BFT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **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 202, 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/e509b19b-b12e-410e-bdc4-fa2f4ac76584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).