---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones."
description: "Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6026"
citation: "Washington SB 6026 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8a04cc-db10-4ff7-bc0c-d6b49abf85d5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6026&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "417c4bf655e15decbfc66cae5775eaca9d06ed03184dfdc87d1bfc47649839bd"
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 SB 6026 (2025-2026) — Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6026.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6026-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6026-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6026-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6026-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **36–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-28** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Local Government. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Chapter 236, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-27** 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/ec8a04cc-db10-4ff7-bc0c-d6b49abf85d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).