HB 1217 — 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.

(5) A tenant or the attorney general may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce compliance with this section or section 102 of this act, section 103 of this act, or RCW 59.18.140.

If the court finds that a landlord violated any of the laws listed in this subsection, the court shall award the following damages and attorneys' fees and costs to the tenant:

(b) MandatoryDamages damagesin equalan amount of up to three months of any unlawful rent, fees, or other costs charged by the landlord;

(6) The remedies provided by this section are in addition to any other remedies provided by law,law. including the remedies provided for in section 104 of this act.

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(8) A landlord may not report the tenant to a tenant screening service provider for failure to pay rent or fees that were unlawfully increased in violation of this section.

(9) A local government may adopt policies, ordinances, or other regulations to enforce this act.

(1) A landlord may increase rent and fees combined in an amount greater than allowed under section 101 of this act only as authorized by the exemptions described in this section.

Rent and fee increases are not limited by section 101 of this act for any of the following types of tenancies:

(a) A tenancy in a dwelling unit for which the first certificate of occupancy was issued 1012 or less years before the date of the notice of the rent increase.

or (iv) Nonprofit entity, as defined in RCW 84.36.560, where a nonprofit organization, housing authority, or public development p.

43 HBEHB 1217 (iv) Nonprofit entity, as defined in RCW 84.36.560, where a nonprofit organization, housing authority, or public development authority has the majority decision-making power on behalf of the general partner, and where maximum rents are regulated by other laws or local, state, or federal affordable housing program requirements;requirements.

or (c) A tenancy in a qualified low-income housing development as defined in RCW 82.45.010, where the property is owned by any of the organizations described in (b)(i) through (iv) of this subsection.

(f) A tenancy in a duplexduplex, triplex, or fourplex in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, so long as the owner continues the occupancy.

(1) A landlord must provide a tenant with annual notice of rent and fee increases in substantially the following form.

(2) The annual notice of rent increase requirement in this section does not apply if the rental agreement governs a subsidized tenancy where the amount of rent is based on, in whole or in part, a percentage of the income of the tenant or other circumstances specific to the subsidized household.

However, for purposes of this section, a subsidized tenancy does not include tenancies where some or all of the rent paid to the landlord comes from a portable tenant-tenant-based voucher or similar portable assistance administered through a housing authority or other state or local agency, or tenancies in other types p.

54 HBEHB 1217 based voucher or similar portable assistance administered through a housing authority or other state or local agency, or tenancies in other types of affordable housing where maximum unit rents are limited by area median income levels and a tenant's base rent does not change as the tenant's income does.

WashingtonYour staterent limitsor howrental muchamount yourincludes landlordall canrecurring raiseand yourperiodic charges, sometimes referred to as rent and fees.fees, identified in your rental agreement for the use and occupancy of your rental unit.

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(1) Your landlord iscan notraise requiredyour torent raiseand theany rentother recurring or feesperiodic charges identified in the rental agreement for use and occupancy of your rental unit once every 12 months by anyup amount.to seven percent, as allowed by section 101 of this act.

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(2) Your landlord may be exempt from the seven percent limit on increases for rent and other recurring or periodic charges for the reasons described in section 102 of this act.

(3) Your landlord must properly and fully complete the form below to notify you of any increases in rent and feeother increasesrecurring or periodic charges and any exemptions claimed.

__ Raise your rent and/or fees:other recurring or periodic charges:

Your total increase for rent and feeother increaserecurring or periodic charges effective (date) will be (percent), which totals an additional $ (dollar amount) per month, for a new total amount of $(dollar amount) per month for rent and feesother combined.recurring or periodic charges.

This increase for rent and/or feeother increaserecurring or periodic charges is allowed by state law and is (check one of the following):

__ A lower rent and/or fee increase than the maximum allowed by state law.

__ The maximum rent and/or fee increase allowed by state law.

If the rent and/or fee increase is authorized by an exemption, your landlord must fill out the section of the form below.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED BY LANDLORD Under penalty of perjury, I (landlord name) certify that I am allowed under Washington state law to raise your rent and fees by (percent), which is more than the maximum increase otherwise allowed p.

65 HBEHB 1217 EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED BY LANDLORD Under penalty of perjury, I (landlord name) certify that I am allowed under Washington state law to raise your rent and other recurring or periodic charges by (percent), which is more than the maximum increase otherwise allowed by state law, because I am claiming the following exemption under section 102 of this act (check one of the following):

__ The first certificate of occupancy for your dwelling unit was issued on (insert date), which is 1012 or less years before the date of this rent and fee increase notice,notice sofor the maximum allowable rent and feeother increaserecurring limitor inperiodic sectioncharges. 101 of this act does not apply.

(The landlord must include facts or attach documents supporting the exemption.) __ You live in a single-family owner-occupied residence in which the ownerowner-occupant rents or leases no more than two units or bedrooms including, but not limited to, an attached or detached accessory dwelling unit.

(The landlord must include facts or attach documents supporting the exemption.) __ You live in a duplexduplex, triplex, or fourplex in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, and the owner continues in occupancy.

(The landlord must include facts or attach documents supporting the exemption.)" NEWSec. SECTION.

Sec.

A new section is added to chapter 59.18 RCW to read as follows:

The legislature finds that the practices covered by section 101 of this act, section 102 of this act, section 103 of this act, RCW 59.18.140, 59.18.170, 59.18.200, 59.18.270, and 59.18.650 are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.

A violation of section 101 of this act, section 102 of this act, section 103 of this act, RCW 59.18.140, 59.18.170, 59.18.200, 59.18.270, or 59.18.650 by a landlord is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade p.

7 HB 1217 or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.

NEW SECTION.

Sec.

105.

A new section is added to chapter 59.18 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The department of commerce shall create an online landlord resource center to distribute information to landlords about available programs and resources including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) The landlord mitigation program created in RCW 43.31.605;

(b) The low-income residential weatherization programs created in chapter 70A.35 RCW;

(c) The model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases created by the attorney general's office under subsection (2) of this section;

(d) Local government resources;

and (e) Any other programs and resources that the department determines are relevant.

(2)(a) The attorney general, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall publish model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases that comply with the requirements in this chapter.

(b) The model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases must be published in the top 10 languages spoken in Washington state and, at the discretion of the office of the attorney general, other languages.

(c) The office of the attorney general shall publish the model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases in the following formats:

(i) A full digital version available on the office of the attorney general's website;

and (ii) Hard copy versions made available upon request to landlords, tenants, and any other relevant entities identified by the office of the attorney general.

(d) The office of the attorney general shall publish the first version of the model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases by January 1, 2025, and shall periodically publish new versions of the model lease provisions as necessary to incorporate any relevant changes made to this chapter.

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106.

(1) The tenant shall conform to all reasonable obligations or restrictions, whether denominated by the landlord as rules, rental agreement, rent, or otherwise, concerning the use, occupation, and maintenancep. of his or her dwelling unit, appurtenances thereto, and the property of which the dwelling unit is a part if such obligations and restrictions are not in violation of any of the terms of this chapter and are not otherwise contrary to law, and if such obligations and restrictions are brought to the attention of the tenant at the time of his or her initial occupancy of the dwelling unit and thus become part of the rental agreement.

6 EHB 1217 maintenance of his or her dwelling unit, appurtenances thereto, and the property of which the dwelling unit is a part if such obligations and restrictions are not in violation of any of the terms of this chapter and are not otherwise contrary to law, and if such obligations and restrictions are brought to the attention of the tenant at the time of his or her initial occupancy of the dwelling unit and thus become part of the rental agreement.

(3)(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this subsection, a landlord shall provide a minimum of ((sixty)) 6090 days' prior written notice of an increase in the amount of rent to each affected tenant, and any increase in the amount of rent may not become effective prior to the completion of the term of the rental agreement.

(c) IfFor a landlordtenant intendswhose tolease increaseor rental agreement was entered into or renewed before the renteffective date of this section and feeswhose combinedtenancy inis anfor amounta ofspecified threetime, percentif the lease or more,rental agreement has more than 60 days but less than 90 days left before the end of the specified time as of the effective date of this section, the landlord must provide written notice to eachthe affected tenant a minimum of 18060 days before the effective date of an increase in the increase.amount of rent.

This subsection (3)(c) does not apply to any tenancy in a dwelling unit qualifying for an exemption under section 102(1) (b) and (c) of this act.

Sec.

107.

RCW 59.18.270 and 2011 c 132 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

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9 HB 1217 (1) If a landlord charges a tenant any move-in fees or security deposits, the move-in fees and security deposits combined may not exceed one month's rent.

(2) All moneys paid to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit as security for performance of the tenant's obligations in a lease or rental agreement shall promptly be deposited by the landlord in a trust account, maintained by the landlord for the purpose of holding such security deposits for tenants of the landlord, in a financial institution as defined by RCW ((30.22.041)) 30A.22.041 or licensed escrow agent located in Washington.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the landlord shall be entitled to receipt of interest paid on such trust account deposits.

The landlord shall provide the tenant with a written receipt for the deposit and shall provide written notice of the name and address and location of the depository and any subsequent change thereof.

If during a tenancy the status of landlord is transferred to another, any sums in the deposit trust account affected by such transfer shall simultaneously be transferred to an equivalent trust account of the successor landlord, and the successor landlord shall promptly notify the tenant of the transfer and of the name, address, and location of the new depository.

If, during the tenancy, the tenant's dwelling unit is foreclosed upon and the tenant's deposit is not transferred to the successor after the foreclosure sale or other transfer of the property from the foreclosed-upon owner to a successor, the foreclosed-upon owner shall promptly refund the full deposit to the tenant immediately after the foreclosure sale or transfer.

If the foreclosed-upon owner does not either immediately refund the full deposit to the tenant or transfer the deposit to the successor, the foreclosed-upon owner is liable to the tenant for damages up to two times the amount of the deposit.

In any action brought by the tenant to recover the deposit, the prevailing party is entitled to recover the costs of suit or arbitration, including reasonable attorneys' fees.

The tenant's claim to any moneys paid under this section shall be prior to that of any creditor of the landlord, including a trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, even if such moneys are commingled.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply if the rental agreement governs a subsidized tenancy where the amount of rent is based on, in whole or in part, a percentage of the income of the tenant or other circumstances specific to the subsidized household.

However, for purposes of this section, a subsidized tenancy does not p.

10 HB 1217 include tenancies where some or all of the rent paid to the landlord comes from a portable tenant-based voucher or similar portable assistance administered through a housing authority or other state or local agency, or tenancies in other types of affordable housing where maximum unit rents are limited by area median income levels and a tenant's base rent does not change as the tenant's income does.

Sec.

108.

RCW 59.18.170 and 2020 c 177 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) If at any time during the tenancy the tenant fails to carry out the duties required by RCW 59.18.130 or 59.18.140, the landlord may, in addition to pursuit of remedies otherwise provided by law, give written notice to the tenant of said failure, which notice shall specify the nature of the failure.

(2) The landlord may not charge a late fee for rent that is paid within five days following its due date.

If rent is more than five days past due, the landlord may charge late fees commencing from the first day after the due date until paid.

Late fees may not exceed 1.5 percent of the tenant's total rent per month.

Nothing in this subsection prohibits a landlord from serving a notice to pay or vacate at any time after the rent becomes due.

(3) When late fees may be assessed after rent becomes due, the tenant may propose that the date rent is due in the rental agreement be altered to a different due date of the month.

The landlord shall agree to such a proposal if it is submitted in writing and the tenant can demonstrate that his or her primary source of income is a regular, monthly source of governmental assistance that is not received until after the date rent is due in the rental agreement.

The proposed rent due date may not be more than five days after the date the rent is due in the rental agreement.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a tenant from making a request for reasonable accommodation under federal, state, or local law.

(1) Except as authorized by an exemption under section 202 of this act and as provided in RCW 59.20.060(2)(c), a landlord may not p.

117 HBEHB 1217 (1) Except as authorized by an exemption under section 202 of this act and as provided in RCW 59.20.060(2)(c), a landlord may not increase the rent and fees combined for any type of tenancy, regardless of whether the tenancy is month-to-month or for a term greater than month-to-month:

and (b) During any 12-month period,period of the tenancy, in an amount greater than seven percent.

(2) If a landlord increases the rent and fees combined above the amount allowed in subsection (1) of this section as authorized by an exemption under section 202 of this act, the landlord must include facts supporting any claimed exemptions in the written notice of the rent increase.

(3) If a landlord increases rent and fees combined above the amount allowed in subsection (1) of this section and the increase is not authorized by an exemption under section 202 of this act, the tenant may,must inoffer additionthe tolandlord anyan otheropportunity remediesto orcure reliefthe availableunauthorized underincrease thisby chapterproviding or other law, terminate the rentallandlord agreementwith ata anywritten timedemand prior to thereduce effective date of the increase byto providingan theamount landlordthat complies with writtenthe noticelimit atcreated leastin 30this dayssection. before terminating the rental agreement.

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If a tenant terminates a rental agreement under this subsection, the tenant owes rent for the full month in which the tenant vacates the manufactured/mobile home lot.

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(b) MandatoryDamages damagesin equalan amount of up to three months of any unlawful rent, fees, or other costs charged by the landlord;

and p.(c) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in bringing the action.

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(8) A landlord may not report a tenant to a tenant screening service provider for failure to pay rent or fees that were unlawfully increased in violation of this section.

(9) A local government may adopt policies, ordinances, or other regulations to enforce this act.

A landlord may increase rent and fees combined in an amount greater than allowed under section 201 of this act only as authorized by the exemptions described in this section or as provided in RCW 59.20.060(2)(c).

(1) Rent and fee increases are not limited by section 201 of this act for any of the following types of tenancies:

(2) During the first 12 months after the qualified sale of a manufactured/mobile home community to an eligible organization as defined in RCW 59.20.030 whose mission aligns with the long-term preservation and affordability of the manufactured/mobile home community, the eligible organization may increase the annual rent and fees combined for the manufactured/mobile home community in an amount greater than allowed under section 201 of this act as needed to cover the cost of purchasing the manufactured/mobile home community if the p.increase is approved by vote or agreement with the majority of the manufactured/ mobile home owners in the manufactured/mobile home community.

13(3) HBIf 1217a increaserental agreement is approvedtransferred byunder voteRCW or59.20.073 agreementdue withto a former tenant's sale of a manufactured/mobile home, the majoritylandlord has the option to make a one-time increase of no more than 10 percent to the rent for the manufactured/mobile home ownerslot inat the manufactured/mobiletime homeof community.the first renewal of the rental agreement after the transfer.

A landlord must provide the manufactured/mobile home buyer with notice of this one-time increase option prior to the final transfer of the rental agreement to the buyer.

If a landlord exercises this one-time increase option, evidence that the proper notice was provided to the buyer prior to the final transfer of the rental agreement must be p.

9 EHB 1217 included along with the notice required under section 203 of this act.

(1) A landlord must provide a tenant with annual notice of rent and fee increases in substantially the following form.

(2) The annual notice of rent increase requirement in this section does not apply if the rental agreement governs a subsidized tenancy where the amount of rent is based on, in whole or in part, a percentage of the income of the tenant or other circumstances specific to the subsidized household.

However, for purposes of this section, a subsidized tenancy does not include tenancies where some or all of the rent paid to the landlord comes from a portable tenant-tenant-based based voucher or similar portable assistance administered through a housing authority or other state or local agency, or tenancies in other types of affordable housing where maximum unit rents are limited by area median income levels and a tenant's base rent does not change as the tenant's income does.

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10 EHB 1217 an exemption, your landlord is required to include supporting facts with this notice.

(3) Your landlord must properly and fully complete the form below to notify you of any increases in rent and other recurring or periodic charges and any exemptions claimed.

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If the rent and/or fee increase is authorized by an exemption, your landlord must fill out the section of the form below.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED BY LANDLORD Under penalty of perjury, I (landlord name) certify that I am allowed under Washington state law to raise your rent and feesother recurring or periodic charges by (percent), which is more than the maximum increase otherwise allowed by state law, because I am claiming the following exemption under section 202 of this act (check one of the following):

(The landlord must include facts or attach documents supporting the exemption.) __ You live in a manufactured/mobile home community that was purchased during the past 12 months by an eligible organization as defined in RCW 59.20.030 whose mission aligns with the long-term preservation and affordability of your manufactured/mobile home community, so the eligible organization may increase the annual rent and feesother combinedrecurring foror yourperiodic manufactured/mobilecharges homefor community in an amount greater than allowed under section 201 of this act as needed to cover the cost of purchasing your manufactured/mobile home communityp. if the increase is approved by vote or agreement with the majority of the manufactured/mobile home owners in your manufactured/ mobile home community.

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15(The HBlandlord 1217must NEWinclude SECTION.facts or attach documents supporting the exemption.) __ Your manufactured/mobile home lot rental agreement is up for first renewal after it was transferred to you under RCW 59.20.073, so your landlord is allowed to make a one-time increase of no more than 10 percent to your rent and other recurring or periodic charges.

Sec.In order to exercise this one-time increase option, the landlord must have provided you with notice of this option prior to the final transfer of the rental agreement to you.

(The landlord must include facts or attach documents supporting the exemption, including evidence that proper notice of this one-time increase option was provided to you prior to the final transfer of the rental agreement.)" Sec.

A new section is added to chapter 59.20 RCW to read as follows:

The legislature finds that the practices covered by section 201 of this act, section 202 of this act, section 203 of this act, RCW 59.20.060, 59.20.090, and 59.20.170 are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.

A violation of section 201 of this act, section 202 of this act, section 203 of this act, RCW 59.20.060, 59.20.090, or 59.20.170 by a landlord is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.

Sec.

205.

RCW 59.20.090 and 2019 c 23 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Unless otherwise agreed rental agreements shall be for a term of one year.

Any rental agreement of whatever duration shall be automatically renewed for the term of the original rental agreement, unless a different specified term is agreed upon.

(2) ((A)) (a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a landlord seeking to increase the rent upon expiration of the term of a rental agreement of any duration shall notify the tenant in writing three months prior to the effective date of any increase in rent.

(b) If a landlord intends to increase the rent and fees combined in an amount of three percent or more, the landlord must provide written notice to each affected tenant a minimum of 180 days before the effective date of the increase.

This subsection (2)(b) does not apply to any tenancy in a manufactured/mobile home lot that qualifies for an exemption under section 202(1) of this act.

(3) ((A)) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a tenant shall notify the landlord in writing one month prior to the expiration of a rental agreement of an intention not to renew.

(4)(a) The tenant may terminate the rental agreement upon ((thirty)) 30 days written notice whenever a change in the location of the tenant's employment requires a change in his or her residence, and shall not be liable for rental following such termination unless after due diligence and reasonable effort the landlord is not able to rent the mobile home lot at a fair rental.

If the landlord is not able to rent the lot, the tenant shall remain liable for the rental p.

16 HB 1217 specified in the rental agreement until the lot is rented or the original term ends.

(b) Any tenant who is a member of the armed forces, including the national guard and armed forces reserves, or that tenant's spouse or dependent, may terminate a rental agreement with less than ((thirty)) 30 days notice if the tenant receives permanent change of station or deployment orders which do not allow greater notice.

The service member shall provide the landlord a copy of the official military orders or a signed letter from the service member's commanding officer confirming any of the following criteria are met:

(i) The service member is required, pursuant to permanent change of station orders, to move ((thirty-five)) 35 miles or more from the location of the rental premises;

(ii) The service member is prematurely or involuntarily discharged or released from active duty;

(iii) The service member is released from active duty after having leased the rental premises while on active duty status and the rental premises is ((thirty-five)) 35 miles or more from the service member's home of record prior to entering active duty;

(iv) After entering into a rental agreement, the commanding officer directs the service member to move into government provided housing;

(v) The service member receives temporary duty orders, temporary change of station orders, or state active duty orders to an area ((thirty-five)) 35 miles or more from the location of the rental premises, provided such orders are for a period not less than ((ninety)) 90 days;

or (vi) The service member has leased the property, but prior to taking possession of the rental premises, receives change of station orders to an area that is ((thirty-five)) 35 miles or more from the location of the rental premises.

Sec.

206.

(1) IfFor leases or rental agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this section, if a landlord charges a tenant any move-in fees or security deposits, the move-in fees and security deposits combined may not exceed one month's rent, unless the tenant brings any pets into the tenancy, in which case the move-in fees and security deposits combined may not exceed two months' rent.

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17(2) HBAll 1217moneys paid to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit as security for performance of the tenant's obligations in a rental agreement shall promptly be deposited by the landlord in a trust account, maintained by the landlord for the purpose of holding such security deposits for tenants of the landlord, in a financial institution as defined by RCW ((30.22.041)) 30A.22.041 or licensed escrow agent located in Washington.

The landlord shall provide the tenant withp. a written receipt for the deposit and shall provide written notice of the name and address and location of the depository and any subsequent change thereof.

12 EHB 1217 with a written receipt for the deposit and shall provide written notice of the name and address and location of the depository and any subsequent change thereof.

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p.(d) The name and address of the person who is the landlord, and if such person does not reside in the state there shall also be designated by name and address a person who resides in the county where the mobile home park is located who is authorized to act as agent for the purposes of service of notices and process.

18 HB 1217 (d) The name and address of the person who is the landlord, and if such person does not reside in the state there shall also be designated by name and address a person who resides in the county where the mobile home park is located who is authorized to act as agent for the purposes of service of notices and process.

(e)p. The name and address of any party who has a secured interest in the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model;

13 EHB 1217 (e) The name and address of any party who has a secured interest in the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model;

p.(l) A written description, picture, plan, or map of the location of the tenant's responsibility for utility hook-ups, consistent with RCW 59.20.130(6);

19 HB 1217 (l) A written description, picture, plan, or map of the location of the tenant's responsibility for utility hook-ups, consistent with RCW 59.20.130(6);

(n) A statement of the expiration date of any conditional use, temporary use, or other land use permit subject to a fixed expiration datep. that is necessary for the continued use of the land as a mobile home park;

14 EHB 1217 date that is necessary for the continued use of the land as a mobile home park;

Any rent increase authorized under this subsection (2)(c) that occurs within the closure notice period pursuant to RCW 59.20.080(1)(e) may not be more than one percentage point above the United States consumer price index for all urban consumers, housing component, published by the United States bureau of labor statistics in the periodical "Monthly p.Labor Review and Handbook of Labor Statistics" as established annually by the department of commerce;

20 HB 1217 Labor Review and Handbook of Labor Statistics" as established annually by the department of commerce;

(f)p. Which allows the landlord to charge a fee for guests:

15 EHB 1217 (f) Which allows the landlord to charge a fee for guests:

or (j) Allowing the landlord to charge a late fee for rent that is paid within five days following its due date.date for leases or rental agreements entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this section.

LateDuring the first month that rent is past due, late fees may not exceed 1.5two percent of the tenant's total rent per month.

During the second consecutive month that rent is past due, late fees may not exceed three percent of the tenant's total rent per month.

During the third consecutive month and all subsequent consecutive months that rent is past due, late fees may not exceed five percent of the tenant's total rent per month.

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2116 HBEHB 1217 absence and by words or actions reasonably indicates the intention not to continue tenancy;

2217 HBEHB 1217 eight feet wide and 40 feet long when transported, or when installed on the site is three hundred twenty square feet or greater;

2318 HBEHB 1217 (16) "Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase" means a notice required under RCW 59.20.325;

2419 HBEHB 1217 as temporary living quarters, is either self-propelled or mounted on or drawn by another vehicle, is transient, is not occupied as a primary residence, and is not immobilized or permanently affixed to a mobile home lot;

2520 HBEHB 1217 NEW SECTION.

(1) TheSubject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of commerce must contract with an independent third party, which may include educational institutions or private entities with subject matter expertise, to carry out a social vulnerability assessment of the impacts of this act.

(2) The assessment is due to the legislature no later than DecemberJune 1,30, 2027,2028, and shall be provided in compliance with RCW 43.01.036.

(3) This section expires July 1, 2028.2029.

NEW SECTION.

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304.

If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2025, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.

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