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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modifying the covenant homeownership program."
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description: "Modifying the covenant homeownership program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1696"
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citation: "Washington HB 1696 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31714924-3946-42aa-aef7-2f5b09b25739"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1696&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "fc8bb0cc24ce8e406adc257d6a455736a72742dcb21ad78fc13a54dcc393786b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1696 (2025-2026) — Modifying the covenant homeownership program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1696.htm)
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2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1696-S2.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1696-S2.PL.htm)
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4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1696-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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- 173 Couture Pg 7 Ln 18 (#15) — **42–54** (fail) · lower
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- 192 Griffey Pg 3 Ln 4 (#14) — **45–51** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Berg — cosponsor (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
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- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
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- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
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- Fey — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- 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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- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
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- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
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- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
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- Street — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Walen — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-02-18** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-26** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-22** Chapter 143, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31714924-3946-42aa-aef7-2f5b09b25739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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