BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
SB 5195: Real estate taxes/housing
Providing cities and counties authority to use real estate excise taxes to support affordable housing and homelessness projects.
Summary
- Authorizes counties and cities required to plan or who are planning under the Growth Management Act to use real estate excise tax revenue for the planning, acquisition, reconstruction, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities for persons experiencing homelessness and affordable housing projects.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Out of committeeJan 24, 2019
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Patty Kuderer (D-48)
- Introduced
- January 15, 2019 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 2020
- Companion bill
- EHB 1219
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to providing cities and counties authority to use real estate excise taxes to support affordable housing and homelessness projects;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Patty Kuderer (D-48)
3 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- HSA - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability.
SB 5195 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5195 (2025–26) Capital budget
- SB 5195 (2023–24) Fuel price transparency
- SB 5195 (2021–22) Opioid overdose medication
- SB 5195 (2017–18) Special parking privileges
- SB 5195 (2015–16) Driver lic, permit exam fees
- SB 5195 (2013–14) State need grant/nonprofits
- SB 5195 (2011–12) Driving w/ suspended license
- SB 5195 (2009–10) Life settlements model act