---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the homelessness point-in-time count."
description: "Concerning the homelessness point-in-time count."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1899"
citation: "Washington HB 1899 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zahn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88652c6-9721-452c-8a4a-dd93639eea28"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1899&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a05a7ff0ddea85034c6b3b5ed76e3c16ad53cdc991cc09699e711fd8c603eda5"
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 1899 (2025-2026) — Concerning the homelessness point-in-time count.

## 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/1899.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1899-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1899-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zahn — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (HOUS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Chapter 160, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** 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/d88652c6-9721-452c-8a4a-dd93639eea28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).