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type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice forms and modifying certain eviction processes."
description: "Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice forms and modifying certain eviction processes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5197"
citation: "Washington SB 5197 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b511d73-bab8-4a3d-b0a6-408eabc1d608"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5197&year=2023"
source_hash: "c48766b5d7c44eb9a8466211980c7ec035251acbe686fbf23aa18875d8cb116a"
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 5197 (2023-2024) — Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice forms and modifying certain eviction processes.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5197.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5197-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5197-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5197-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **28–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kuderer — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-08** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Housing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 28; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08** Chapter 336, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-08** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b511d73-bab8-4a3d-b0a6-408eabc1d608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).