---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the fee on real estate broker licenses to fund the Washington center for real estate research and adjusting the fee to account for inflation."
description: "Extending the fee on real estate broker licenses to fund the Washington center for real estate research and adjusting the fee to account for inflation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1552"
citation: "Washington HB 1552 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ce1fc0-4405-4f78-8161-24959d391e67"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1552&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1dd6c0eff88ad070bf7ad7ef15f88c074190b657411cd1275ceb9f5fce21b6e7"
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 1552 (2025-2026) — Extending the fee on real estate broker licenses to fund the Washington center for real estate research and adjusting the fee to account for inflation.

## 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/1552.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1552.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **82–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **28–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-20** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-25** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 362, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/37ce1fc0-4405-4f78-8161-24959d391e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).