---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices."
description: "Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2452"
citation: "Washington HB 2452 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connors"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb8e85ee-afdf-4e6e-b86b-811c658d9f03"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2452&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8e08cc1857783416ad3e0320a08fa91b04ae6b3bc8ea8183e0079c66fb41f6c8"
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 2452 (2025-2026) — Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices.

## 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/2452.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2452-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2452-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Connors — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-29** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** 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.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 118, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** 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/cb8e85ee-afdf-4e6e-b86b-811c658d9f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).