SSB 5222 Information

Legal Title AN ACT Relating to 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;
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.

Details

Date Introduced 02/19/2025
Original Chamber Senate
Biennium 2025-26
Total Campaign Dollars Backing Bill $986,761.69

Bill Topics

ATTORNEY GENERAL
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
LANDLORD AND TENANT

Sponsors

Committee Hearings

Hearing Senate Housing (Public)
Hearing Senate Housing (Executive)

SSB 5222 Bill Timeline

Go to SSB 5222 at leg.wa.gov
Introduced
02/20/2025
SWays & Means
Referred to Ways & Means.
02/19/2025
SWays & Means
HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
02/19/2025
SWays & Means
And refer to Ways & Means.
02/19/2025
SWays & Means
Minority; do not pass.
02/19/2025
SWays & Means
Minority; without recommendation.
01/13/2025
SWays & Means
First reading, referred to Housing.
01/10/2025
SWays & Means
Prefiled for introduction.