---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas."
description: "Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2269"
citation: "Washington HB 2269 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernbaum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5bd128-1ecc-42a0-8bc0-20d29ac91efb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2269&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c35b0152c6267f3c055489bc2df4175a1ea08fd42d849446dd7262fc25b9db47"
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 2269 (2025-2026) — Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas.

## 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/2269.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2269-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2269-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernbaum — primary (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 2:00 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (HOUS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; 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`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 12, 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/0e5bd128-1ecc-42a0-8bc0-20d29ac91efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).