House Bill 1915 (H-0901.3) amends and replaces parts of Washington’s landlord-tenant statutes, most notably RCW 59.18.650, and changes several related sections governing mobile home parks, eviction procedure, and repayment and notice requirements. The bill restricts a landlord’s ability to end periodic tenancies by requiring that terminations be for specific, enumerated causes and prescribes detailed notice periods and content requirements for each listed cause (for example, 14 days for general pay-or-vacate, 30 days for nonpayment in certain federally connected “covered dwelling units,” 90 days for owner move-in or sale of a single-family home, and 120 days for demolition or conversion). It also allows tenants to end fixed-term tenancies with at least 20 days’ written notice before the end date and to rescind that notice prior to vacating. The bill creates or clarifies procedural protections and remedies: tenants may assert an affirmative defense in nonpayment evictions based on landlord failure to maintain habitability, and courts may award damages (including a court-assigned dollar value, rent, fees and costs) plus reasonable attorneys’ fees when tenants prevail. It adds wrongful-eviction liability for landlords who illegally remove or attempt to remove tenants, with a prevailing tenant entitled to the greater of economic and noneconomic damages or three times monthly rent and attorneys’ fees. The bill also provides court authority to order repayment plans for back rent (minimum $100 per month, with limits tied to one month’s rent and a six-month target), sets procedures and timelines for stays and execution of writs of restitution, and integrates emergency rental assistance and the Department of Commerce landlord mitigation program into repayment and stay processes. The bill prescribes a required 14-day pay-or-vacate notice form with specific content and lists resource contacts. The act also amends mobile home park eviction rules (RCW 59.20.080) to specify additional grounds (including notice from law enforcement or drug seizure as evidence of criminal activity and sex-offender registration), mediation requirements, timelines for selling a home in place after eviction, and detailed rules and relocation assistance when a park changes use. It amends summons content and procedures for unlawful detainer actions (RCW 59.18.365) and restates the prior eviction-moratorium end date and repayment-plan requirements (RCW 59.18.630). Important text in the provided extracts is truncated or omitted (several subsections and the full amended language of several cited RCWs, and specific effective and expiration dates beyond the references shown), so some provisions and exact statutory wording could not be confirmed from the materials provided.

If enacted, the bill makes it harder for landlords to remove tenants except for specific, listed reasons and generally increases the notice time and proof required for many types of evictions. Tenants in certain federally assisted units or in properties with federally backed mortgages get extra protection for nonpayment (a 30‑day vacate notice instead of 14 days), tenants can raise habitability or disability‑accommodation failures as defenses and potentially recover damages and attorneys’ fees, and courts can order repayment plans (minimum $100/month, with one month’s rent due within five court days) or stay writs while tenants seek rental assistance. Mobile home park residents gain added protections such as mediation early in the process, longer timelines to sell their home in place, and specified relocation assistance triggers; landlords face stricter evidence requirements, potential treble damages for wrongful evictions, obligations to accept pledges of emergency rental assistance and pause eviction proceedings for set periods, and new notice form and summons information duties. These changes most directly affect residential landlords and tenants (including those in subsidized and transitional housing), owners with federally backed loans, mobile home park owners and residents, courts, and the Department of Commerce administering mitigation funds. Landlords should expect more administrative steps, longer timelines before repossession, greater litigation exposure and potential relocation or reimbursement obligations; courts will handle more repayment‑plan and stay requests and coordinate with rental assistance processes; the Department of Commerce may be asked to reimburse landlords but is not obligated if funds run out and has 30 days to disburse in many cases. Important parts of the bill text are missing from the provided excerpts (some grounds and procedural details are truncated and multiple amended sections are not included), so the full scope, timing, and certain implementation details remain unclear.