republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1593.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the landlord mitigation program to alleviate the financial burden on victims attempting to flee domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking."
description: "Expanding the landlord mitigation program to alleviate the financial burden on victims attempting to flee domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "Washington HB 1593 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "HARASSMENT", "LANDLORD AND TENANT", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "STALKING", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de8d0e0-6ee4-4d1f-82d1-b721d969bdc4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1593&year=2021"
source_hash: "f158c607e64e9f5c99b577f87d0f4fc582771486eef08c601c7d9602c3f16f31"
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 1593 (2021-2022) — Expanding the landlord mitigation program to alleviate the financial burden on victims attempting to flee domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1593.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1593-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing, Human Services & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** HHSV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HHSV 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 196, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Human Services & Veterans at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-23T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de8d0e0-6ee4-4d1f-82d1-b721d969bdc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).