---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying regulations for existing buildings used for residential purposes."
description: "Modifying regulations for existing buildings used for residential purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1757"
citation: "Washington HB 1757 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/873f35b3-a557-480a-b388-46ae355837eb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1757&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e55bb032a39ef178e772e054d5f8826856076f6d237c61019eb8f6705d489d20"
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 1757 (2025-2026) — Modifying regulations for existing buildings used 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1757.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1757.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-13** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Chapter 203, 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/873f35b3-a557-480a-b388-46ae355837eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).