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HB1217Introduced in the House

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.

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Introduced by Emily Alvarado, District 034A

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Effective date 5/7/2025.

May 7, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee · April 27, 2025

54

Yes

44

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

98 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Davina Duerr001AYes
Shelley Kloba001BYes
Andrew Barkis002ANo
Matt Marshall002BNo
Natasha Hill003AYes
Timm Ormsby003BYes
Suzanne Schmidt004ANo
Rob Chase004BNo
Victoria Hunt005AYes
Lisa Callan005BYes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled for introduction.

  2. First reading, referred to Housing.

  3. Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.

  4. Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.

  5. HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  6. Minority; do not pass.

  7. Minority; without recommendation.

  8. Referred to Appropriations.

  9. Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  10. Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  11. APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  12. Minority; do not pass.

  13. Minority; without recommendation.

  14. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

  15. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

  16. 1st substitute bill not substituted.

  17. 2nd substitute bill not substituted.

  18. Floor amendment

  19. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  20. Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 3.

  21. First reading, referred to Housing.

  22. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.

  23. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  24. HSG - Majority; do pass with amendment

  25. Minority; do not pass.

  26. And refer to Ways & Means.

  27. Referred to Ways & Means.

  28. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  29. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  30. WM - Majority; do pass with amendment

  31. Minority; do not pass.

  32. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  33. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  34. Committee amendment

  35. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  36. Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.

  37. House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments.

  38. Conference Requested.

  39. Conference committee appointed. Representatives Peterson, Macri, Low.

  40. Conference committee request granted.

  41. Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner.

  42. Conference committee report; received 7:20 PM 4/24/2025.

  43. Conference committee report; received 7:31 PM 4/24/2025.

  44. Conference committee report adopted.

  45. Bill as amended violated Senate Rule 25.

  46. Vote on adoption of conference committee report reconsidered.

  47. Conference Requested.

  48. Conference committee appointed. Senators Bateman, Alvarado, Goehner.

  49. Conference committee request granted.

  50. Conference committee appointed. Representatives Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Low.

  51. Conference committee report; received 9:10 AM 4/26/2025.

  52. Conference committee report; received 9:11 AM 4/26/2025.

  53. Conference committee report adopted.

  54. Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.

  55. Conference committee report adopted.

  56. Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0.

  57. Speaker signed.

  58. President signed.

  59. Delivered to Governor.

  60. Governor signed.

  61. Chapter 209, 2025 Laws.

  62. Effective date 5/7/2025.

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