Washington bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Washington SB 5222

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.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Trudeau (Democratic)

Cosponsors (16)

• C. Wilson (Democratic)
• Valdez
• Stanford (Democratic)
• Slatter (Democratic)
• Saldaña (Democratic)
• Robinson (Democratic)
• Riccelli (Democratic)
• Pedersen (Democratic)
• Orwall (Democratic)
• Nobles (Democratic)
• Lovelett (Democratic)
• Hasegawa (Democratic)
• Frame (Democratic)
• Conway (Democratic)
• Bateman (Democratic)
• Chapman (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill
• Substitute Bill

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jan 12, 2026 · Senate
  By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• Feb 20, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to Ways & Means.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  Minority; without recommendation.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  Minority; do not pass.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  And refer to Ways & Means.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
• Jan 22, 2025 · Senate
  Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
• Jan 13, 2025 · Senate
  First reading, referred to Housing.
• Jan 10, 2025 · Senate
  Prefiled for introduction.