---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment."
description: "Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1858"
citation: "Washington HB 1858 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e1c7b2a-0818-45a8-be21-f6924f357e5a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1858&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0822baef9e71640c4967ac7285cedd14ade9244999aa27215b28dd80b6c0441b"
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 1858 (2025-2026) — Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment.

## 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/1858.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1858.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **51–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 100, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/3e1c7b2a-0818-45a8-be21-f6924f357e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).