republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2538.md

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Bill	Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.	Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2538	Washington HB 2538 (2017-2018)	bill	HOMES AND HOUSING IMPACT FEES HOMELESS PERSONS LOW-INCOME PERSONS	enacted	McBride	2	23	2	2018-01-10	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/4bd9b7b0-6158-43e3-8b71-616736f6e239	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2538&year=2017	a3b21f135651cc79d1a08c15fe7576f87ce873af49b1e29cfb5e460ce155e49c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2538 (2017-2018) — Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#53) — 96–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — 45–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McBride — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Barkis — cosponsor (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kagi — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — 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 Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-24 CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-24 CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-10 First reading, referred to Local Government. reading-1
• 2018-02-20 LGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-21 Chapter 133, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-21 Effective date 4/1/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bd9b7b0-6158-43e3-8b71-616736f6e239. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).