republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2578.md

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Bill	Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment.	Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2578	Washington HB 2578 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT	enacted	Riccelli	4	41	3	2018-01-10	2018-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/bd171f1d-f12d-4ec4-9ab7-df12ac9c4fc5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2578&year=2017	8a2aa81435289eed9efd835c880828e44b6ccd2bf08c8260fc2df7dbda671808	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2578 (2017-2018) — Preserving and expanding rental housing options for persons whose source of income is derived from or includes sources other than employment.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#12) — 61–37 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — 36–13 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 67–31 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Riccelli — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kirby — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-01 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-01 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-09 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-01 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-01 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-09 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-09 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-09 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. reading-1
• 2018-02-20 FI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-20 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-01 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-15 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-15 Chapter 66, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-15 Effective date 6/7/2018*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd171f1d-f12d-4ec4-9ab7-df12ac9c4fc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).