---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners."
description: "Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1621"
citation: "Washington HB 1621 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1dc5dfa-4e86-479f-a007-f3767da0fcb8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1621&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "12882a9d3a0e324277652ee7e3cfd699d2db1b83722ff47a00e65de21853385d"
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 1621 (2025-2026) — Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners.

## 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/1621.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1621-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1621-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** 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 action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-19** HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 268, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 5/13/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1dc5dfa-4e86-479f-a007-f3767da0fcb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).