---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing service of notice by mail in cases involving forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer."
description: "Addressing service of notice by mail in cases involving forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Washington HB 1003 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbarno"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34be5c64-67e1-4072-b12f-b8fcac429859"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1003&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "26302ab59e831f93f003ab15a9d6c5d519a62685db8d4c06dfab352d818fcb65"
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 1003 (2025-2026) — Addressing service of notice by mail in cases involving forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer.

## 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/House%20Bills/1003.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1003.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbarno — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-16** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-19** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11** Chapter 44, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** 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/34be5c64-67e1-4072-b12f-b8fcac429859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).