WA SB5961 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-01-26 - Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-01-26 - Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
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.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed. |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. |
| 2024-01-12 | Senate | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | First reading, referred to Housing. |
| 2024-01-04 | Senate | Prefiled for introduction. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2114 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-07 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 18 | New Code | See Bill Text | |
| 59 | 18 | 140 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 18 | 170 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 18 | 200 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 18 | 270 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 18 | 650 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 20 | New Code | See Bill Text | |
| 59 | 20 | 030 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 20 | 060 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 20 | 090 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 20 | 170 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
