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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas."
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description: "Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas."
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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 2269"
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citation: "Washington HB 2269 (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: ["Bernbaum"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5bd128-1ecc-42a0-8bc0-20d29ac91efb"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2269&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "c35b0152c6267f3c055489bc2df4175a1ea08fd42d849446dd7262fc25b9db47"
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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 2269 (2025-2026) — Concerning middle housing in unincorporated areas.
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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/2269.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2269-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2269-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bernbaum — primary (person)
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- Engell — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 2:00 PM.
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- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-22** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (HOUS 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-20** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-09** Chapter 12, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-09** Effective date 6/11/2026. `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/0e5bd128-1ecc-42a0-8bc0-20d29ac91efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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