---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning social housing public development authorities."
description: "Concerning social housing public development authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1687"
citation: "Washington HB 1687 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479345d8-ba49-467c-8bf6-f3c488c8a0e1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1687&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ec8686eee18afc8651c29334a5b00b3abd016bbfd1383538cd07985ccba94782"
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 1687 (2025-2026) — Concerning social housing public development authorities.

## 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/1687.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1687.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1687.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **58–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-11** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Chapter 1, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-09** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/479345d8-ba49-467c-8bf6-f3c488c8a0e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).