---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits."
description: "Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "Washington HB 1046 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-16"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6daf24a5-f036-4c6f-9da7-20ee3d8b2272"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1046&year=2023"
source_hash: "b95f746ffd3631e8c7d60bca46eb24b8e7d69088c533df8d11fe2772e7e082ef"
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 1046 (2023-2024) — Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1046.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1046.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-12** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-16** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 133, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6daf24a5-f036-4c6f-9da7-20ee3d8b2272`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).