---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing land banking authorities."
description: "Establishing land banking authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1974"
citation: "Washington HB 1974 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbba3a2c-431a-4224-ba74-5ef14280fb63"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1974&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "57336928bd9e6111a2e4944b26ff44334a0418636fca900ad209bd0dc26330e3"
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 1974 (2025-2026) — Establishing land banking authorities.

## 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/1974.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1974-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1974-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1974-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1974-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-06** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-18** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Chapter 233, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbba3a2c-431a-4224-ba74-5ef14280fb63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).