---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit."
description: "Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1695"
citation: "Washington HB 1695 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5ec282-2bcd-4bc8-bd0f-a36142f89628"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1695&year=2023"
source_hash: "0b76f92aa909360e2971f052613eb25dee3964733167e626bf3032cb2c443564"
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 1695 (2023-2024) — Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit.

## 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/1695.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1695.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 301, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/3b5ec282-2bcd-4bc8-bd0f-a36142f89628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).