--- type: "Bill" title: "Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements." description: "Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements." jurisdiction: "us/states/wa" legislature: "Washington Legislature" session: "2025-2026" identifier: "SB 5313" citation: "Washington SB 5313 (2025-2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"] version_count: 3 action_count: 30 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-01-16" last_action: "2025-05-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd747efd-80b1-4605-91d9-6ed0599314b4" source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5313&Year=2025&Initiative=false" source_hash: "11cf5ec16ec05c31de2730ddf79fd7a3ec1ec207ed72d627d53f964ef53729be" 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 SB 5313 (2025-2026) — Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements. ## 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/Senate%20Bills/5313.htm) 2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5313.E.htm) 3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5313.PL.htm) ## Votes - 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **41–7** (pass) · upper - Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **36–13** (pass) · upper - Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **58–38** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Pedersen — primary (person) - Cleveland — cosponsor (person) - Cleveland — cosponsor (person) - Goehner — cosponsor (person) - Goehner — cosponsor (person) - Hasegawa — cosponsor (person) - Hasegawa — cosponsor (person) - Nobles — cosponsor (person) - Nobles — cosponsor (person) - Pedersen — cosponsor (person) - Valdez — cosponsor (person) - Valdez — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1` - **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. - **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. - **2025-01-31** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. - **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2` - **2025-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted. - **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3` - **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1` - **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM. - **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM. - **2025-03-24** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable` - **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2` - **2025-04-15** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure` - **2025-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted. - **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3` - **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3` - **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments. - **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage` - **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage` - **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2025-05-07** Chapter 206, 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/cd747efd-80b1-4605-91d9-6ed0599314b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).