Washington 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Introduced 10 D cosponsors

SB 5961 — 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.

Last action — Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed.

  2. Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  3. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.

  4. First reading, referred to Housing.

  5. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5961?
SB 5961 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), June Robinson (Democrat), Randall, Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Kuderer, Keiser, Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Joe Nguyen (Democrat), and Van De Wege.
What is the current status of SB 5961?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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