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type: "Bill"
title: "Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement."
description: "Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "Washington HB 1217 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1258dd-0a9b-469e-9395-1b9eaa25aa44"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1217&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "65069413242c23d49b48b115951052f894fa9d0f340696221556e6cf1bffd810"
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 1217 (2025-2026) — Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.
## 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/House%20Bills/1217.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1217.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1217.PL.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1217-S2.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1217-S.htm)
## Votes
- Motion to Immediately Transmit to Senate (#6) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- 312 Liias Pg 4 Ln 6 (#23) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- 345 Shewmake Pg 1 Ln 13 (#22) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- Adoption as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#4) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#5) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendment(s) (#1) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- Grant Conference (#4) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#3) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- 353 Cleveland Pg 21 Ln 8 (#24) — **23–26** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
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- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
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- Nance — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-20** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill not substituted.
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-26** HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Conference Requested.
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Peterson, Macri, Low.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee request granted.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report; received 7:20 PM 4/24/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report; received 7:31 PM 4/24/2025.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2025-04-25** Bill as amended violated Senate Rule 25.
- **2025-04-25** Vote on adoption of conference committee report reconsidered.
- **2025-04-25** Conference Requested.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee request granted.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Low.
- **2025-04-26** Conference committee report; received 9:10 AM 4/26/2025.
- **2025-04-26** Conference committee report; received 9:11 AM 4/26/2025.
- **2025-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2025-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2025-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2025-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Chapter 209, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-07** Effective date 5/7/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1258dd-0a9b-469e-9395-1b9eaa25aa44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).