---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk."
description: "Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6237"
citation: "Washington SB 6237 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe431bb-da09-47a6-afd7-7200a19e805f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6237&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7c7b40f0b2f80cd06c9922c2d25a2d256c6df0ac4124ddee2e3ae434a27192f9"
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 6237 (2025-2026) — Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk.

## 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/6237.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6237-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6237-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **65–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Chapter 234, 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/ebe431bb-da09-47a6-afd7-7200a19e805f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).