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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities."
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description: "Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities."
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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: "SB 5471"
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citation: "Washington SB 5471 (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: ["Goehner"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05468c4c-99c0-41d4-997e-abc79b9794c5"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5471&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "67043694de58fa93b99a16d8fb0b0470c376b9849e5d0b2fa3ee3634494a2bf4"
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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 SB 5471 (2025-2026) — Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.
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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/Senate%20Bills/5471.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5471.E.htm)
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3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5471.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **90–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Goehner — primary (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** HSG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-24** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 386, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** 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/05468c4c-99c0-41d4-997e-abc79b9794c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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