---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs."
description: "Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5587"
citation: "Washington SB 5587 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ccf6ca-ee3d-494f-ae5e-4a16b80a38b2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5587&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8dcca34afe032d8670fe3a9a356232339a7136ac311d50d2c84a9ce6f840ed09"
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 5587 (2025-2026) — Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs.

## 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/5587.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5587-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5587-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **87–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-09** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-26** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 390, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** 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/07ccf6ca-ee3d-494f-ae5e-4a16b80a38b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).