---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing longer notice of rent increases."
description: "Providing longer notice of rent increases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Washington HB 1440 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD AND TENANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d2dc9cc-23c1-43d0-adf6-f4a51f7bc6a9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1440&year=2019"
source_hash: "047f09c3b85601592ccda6f32d88d2f02c794289a452d158670b94d6127fd105"
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 1440 (2019-2020) — Providing longer notice of rent increases.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1440-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **29–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** FIET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 105, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d2dc9cc-23c1-43d0-adf6-f4a51f7bc6a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).