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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies."
description: "Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2624"
citation: "Washington HB 2624 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donaghy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e75ca2-0a70-4ad7-8248-b7f3acff4505"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2624&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "48d6acaed31c386fd8dca269eecacee7c7cd3ac5a48927785ec917dc25cf1407"
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 2624 (2025-2026) — Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies.
## 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/2624.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2624.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **57–38** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Donaghy — primary (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-22** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-03** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-25** BTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 198, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2e75ca2-0a70-4ad7-8248-b7f3acff4505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).