SB5222 — 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.
Legislative · Introduced
WA · Latest action: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (2026-01-12)
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.
Sponsors
Yasmin Trudeau (Sen, D, SD-027), Mike Chapman (Sen, D, SD-024), Jessica Bateman (Sen, D, SD-022), Steven Conway (Sen, D, SD-029), Noel Frame (Sen, D, SD-036), Robert Hasegawa (Sen, D, SD-011), Liz Lovelett (Sen, D, SD-040), T'wina Nobles (Sen, D, SD-028), Tina Orwall (Sen, D, SD-033), Jamie Pedersen (Sen, D, SD-043), Marcus Riccelli (Sen, D, SD-003A), June Robinson (Sen, D, SD-038), Rebecca Saldana (Sen, D, SD-037), Vandana Slatter (Sen, D, SD-048A), Derek Stanford (Sen, D, SD-001), Javier Valdez (Sen, D, SD-046), Claire Wilson (Sen, D, SD-030)
Action History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
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| 2025-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled for introduction. |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | First reading, referred to Housing. |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | And refer to Ways & Means. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Minority; do not pass. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Minority; without recommendation. |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Referred to Ways & Means. |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |